Suspect in custody in connection with Cushing triple homicide

 
By Johnny Johnson and Michael Kimball
Published: February 17, 2009

CUSHING — A man police identified as a suspect in a Tuesday morning triple homicide in Cushing was booked into the Payne County jail Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Robert Chad Barela , 20, was taken into custody about 11:30 a.m., barely 6 hours after a caller told police he found three bodies in a home at 814 E Moses St. in Cushing. Police described the caller as a “significant witness.”

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