Detective Rocky Gregory

Detective Rocky Gregory was the co-lead investigator in the case against Daniel Holtzclaw. At trial, he sold himself to the jury as a hardworking detective handling the biggest case of his career.

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The truth: he was the central operative in a biased, nepotistic, and deeply unethical investigation — a man who fabricated reports, coached witnesses, contaminated evidence, and hid exculpatory statements to manufacture guilt.

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Gregory was not an objective investigator. He was the son-in-law of Elaine Taylor, the State’s only forensic analyst — a conflict of interest concealed from the defense and jury. And he acted like a man protecting both a prosecution and a family member.

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Contamination and Mishandling of Critical Physical Evidence

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From the first hours of the investigation, Gregory displayed a total disregard for basic forensic protocol.

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• He placed Daniel’s pants and belt in the same evidence bag, commingling items that must be packaged separately.
   

• Even worse, video footage and deposition testimony show Gregory inserting his bare, ungloved hand into the evidence bag before sealing the pants inside — directly introducing a contamination source into the key piece of physical evidence.
   

• He then failed to properly secure the pants, belt, and buccal swabs collected on June 18. These items were not logged into evidence until June 19, and the record is silent on where they were kept during the overnight gap.
   

OCPD policy requires evidence to be booked before the end of the shift.

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Gregory ignored this — and broke the chain of custody before the investigation even began.

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The Fabricated “Search” for Terri Morris

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Gregory’s trial testimony described a heroic citywide attempt to locate early accuser Terri Morris: multiple units, multiple locations, a detective sprinting across Oklahoma City to find a frightened victim.

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None of it happened.

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One of Gregory’s key reports — dated June 6 — wasn’t uploaded until July 24, seven weeks later, during a suspicious “batch dump” used to retrofit the investigative timeline.

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This report describes an impossible 28-minute “sweep” of five widely separated locations on May 30 — a physical impossibility. Newly discovered evidence obtained during civil litigation shows what really happened:

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• OCPD officers initially called Morris a “crackhead” and saw no urgency in interviewing her.
   

• Gregory later fabricated or embellished the search to create a falsified record of diligence and to tie Morris to Holtzclaw.

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Former OCPD Chief Bill Citty testified that falsifying a police report is a termination-level offense. Yet this fabricated document was used to convict Daniel.

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Coercing a Vulnerable Witness Into a Scripted Story

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When Gregory finally located Morris, she was high on crack cocaine, refusing to cooperate, and signed a refusal to prosecute form.

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Gregory admitted in his report that he “begged” her to talk.

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When Morris was later jailed, Gregory used her incarceration as leverage:

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• In an audio recording, he suggests rehab as a reward for cooperation.
   

• He keeps at it until her story “matches” what he needed.
   

The AVL Lie: Coaching the Story to Fit the Data

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At trial, Gregory presented himself as a passive investigator who waited for Morris to tell her story on July 10 and then checked the AVL (Automatic Vehicle Locator) data to corroborate it.

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This was a lie.

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Internal emails now prove Gregory had the AVL data weeks before interviewing Morris.

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When confronted in his deposition, he admitted having the data early but claimed it “didn’t do me any good.”

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That, too, was false.

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It did him enormous good — because it allowed him to coach Morris.

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During a jailhouse interview, Gregory and Lt. Muzny used a map to guide Morris — who was initially “adamant” the assault

happened downtown — to a new location that aligned perfectly with the AVL data Gregory had all along.

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He didn’t corroborate her story.

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He built it.

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Suppressing Statements That Proved Daniel’s Innocence

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Gregory repeatedly omitted statements from witnesses that undermined the “serial rapist” theory.

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Shardayreon Hill

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At the end of her interview, Hill:

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• Asked if she had given “good evidence,” and
   

• Admitted that even if Daniel “didn’t like even rape nobody or nothing,” she still thought he was wrong for contacting her on Facebook.

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This was an implicit admission that no rape occurred.

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Gregory left it out of his report.

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Carla Raines

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Raines answered “no” or “uh-uh” seven times when asked if a police officer had been inappropriate with her.

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Gregory omitted all seven denials. He cherry-picked a later inconsistent statement to support the charges.

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These omissions weren’t accidents.

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They were deliberate suppression of exculpatory evidence.

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THE BOTTOM LINE

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Detective Rocky Gregory was:

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• The son-in-law of the State’s forensic analyst
   

• A report fabricator
   

• A witness coach
   

• A source of DNA contamination
   

• A suppressor of exculpatory statements
   

• A man who lied about his use of AVL data
   

• A detective who helped script stories instead of investigate them
   

His investigation was not fact-finding.  It was a predetermined narrative propped up by coercion, contamination, and deception.