Bethany couple arrested on bestiality, drug complaints

Edward James Double, 35, and Brandy Teresa Double, 35, were jailed Tuesday on complaints of bestiality, exhibition of obscene materials to minor children, maintaining a disorderly house, possession of illegal drugs and soliciting sexual conduct with a minor.

Both were in the Oklahoma County jail Wednesday with bail set at $31,500 each.

Three boys and a girl, all younger than 15, were taken from the home at 6710 NW 26 and are in state custody, Bethany Police Chief Phil Cole said. He said in his 20 years as a police officer in Bethany he has heard of only one other bestiality case, and that was more than a decade ago and involved a mentally ill man.

“We've recovered videotape of people having sex with animals,” Cole said. “It's disgusting. And we pray that none of the kids have been molested.”

Cole said investigators are arranging additional interviews to determine if the children at the residence had been sexually assaulted.

Two spayed greyhounds and a 6-month-old Labrador retriever were taken from the home to the Bethany animal shelter.

Those dogs were not involved in the sex videos seized by police. The whereabouts of the dog in the video is unknown, Cole said.

The three dogs taken from the residence likely will be adoptable if police determine there is no evidence they were involved in the crimes, Cole said.

The investigation started Monday when a girl staying at the house called relatives in Texas and the relatives called police about possible sexual abuse of the girl.

Police said the girl told her relatives she had seen a video of people having sex with a dog, and she intercepted e-mails between Brandy and Edward Double that included a draft of a letter designed to encourage a sexual relationship between the girl and Edward Double.