Man to stand trial in death of city man White supremacist admits involvement in plot to kidnap gay man. Man to stand trial in death of Oklahoma City man
By Jay F. Marks
Published: September 20, 2008
The death penalty remains a possible punishment for a Washington man accused of killing a man he kidnapped in Oklahoma City in October.
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Darrell Lynn Madden will stand trial on kidnapping and first-degree murder charges, an Oklahoma County judge ruled Friday after hearing testimony from seven witnesses in a preliminary hearing.
Madden, 38, told an FBI agent he and Bradley Qualls killed Steven Domer on Oct. 27, then dumped his body in a creek in McClain County, the agent testified.
Madden later killed Qualls to keep him from talking about the crime, prosecutors said.
Madden pleaded guilty in July in Carter County to killing Qualls. He is serving life plus 60 years in prison.
Oklahoma County prosecutors have not decided whether to pursue the death penalty against Madden in Domer's slaying, District Attorney David Prater said.
Madden will be arraigned Oct. 8 on the murder charge, giving prosecutors time to decide whether to seek the death penalty against him.
FBI agent Craig Overby said that in a Nov. 16 interview Madden bragged about killing another man with Qualls, but Prater said police have not been able to identify another victim.
Darrell Lynn Madden sits in an Oklahoma County courtroom before his preliminary hearing on Friday. By David McDaniel, the oklahoman
Madden details kidnapping, death
FBI agent Craig Overby said Darrell Lynn Madden detailed Steven Domer's kidnapping and death in a Nov. 16 interview at an Oklahoma City hospital:
•Madden and Bradley Qualls dressed as male prostitutes Oct. 26 to carry out their plan to kidnap a gay man. They met Domer, 62, near NW 39 and Pennsylvania Avenue, then subdued him and imprisoned him in his own car.
•The men drove around Oklahoma City for several hours, beating and harassing Domer, before heading to Ardmore to see another member of the Chaos Squad Skinheads, a white supremacist group.
•Madden and Qualls also went to a pornography store in Texas before starting back to the McClain County trailer house where they had been living.
•Along the way, they decided to kill Domer because he was a witness against them.
•Qualls stretched a wire coat hanger across Domer's throat and pulled on it. Domer was limp when Qualls released his grip about 15 minutes later.
•The men dumped his body in a creek then set fire to his car.
