‘Flawed’ police work prompts Oklahoma County DA to drop charges in Carina Saunders slaying

Unsubstantiated accounts of Carina Saunders’ slaying led prosecutors to dismiss case against Jimmy Lee Massey Jr. and Luis E. Ruiz. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is now handling the case.

 
BY TIM WILLERT | Modified: March 2, 2013 at 9:32 pm | Published: March 3, 2013   

Prosecutors dismissed murder charges against two men because Bethany police investigators submitted unsubstantiated paperwork in their rush to make an arrest in the dismemberment killing of a 19-year-old Mustang woman, The Oklahoman has learned.

photo - Carina Saunders Her remains were found in 2011 in Bethany.
Carina Saunders Her remains were found in 2011 in Bethany.

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Probable cause affidavits used to arrest and charge Jimmy Lee Massey Jr. and Luis Enrique Ruiz with the killing of Carina Saunders contained conflicting witness statements that did not support...
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