Weleetka Murders
Man ordered to trial in deaths of 2 Okla. girls
OKEMAH, Okla. (AP) — A man has been ordered to stand trial on first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of two young girls in eastern Oklahoma.
NDepth: A Walk to Bad Creek Bridge
Everything changed the hot evening two girls padded out toward Bad Creek Bridge in Weleetka and never returned home. A year after 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Placker were gunned down in daylight near Taylor’s home, Skyla’s little sister can’t sleep alone in her own bedroom.
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December 14, 2011
OKEMAH - Kevin Sweat made his first appearance before a judge Tuesday after being charged last week in the slayings of two Weleetka girls in 2008.
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December 13, 2011
A man being held in the 2008 shooting deaths of two girls in Weleetka was assaulted over the weekend in the Seminole County jail. Read More
December 09, 2011
Kevin Sweat, of Henryetta, already facing a murder charge in the death of Ashley Taylor, 23, now faces murder charges in the killing of two Oklahoma girls near Weleetka more than three years ago. Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11, were found fatally shot June 8, 2008, on a dusty rural road... Read More
November 03, 2011
A man charged in the death of an Okmulgee, OK, woman may be linked to the death of two Weleetka-area girls in 2008, relatives said. Read More
September 30, 2011
Oklahoma investigators have released the serial number of a handgun they say was used in the slaying of two Weleetka girls. Read More
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