Weleetka Murders

Weleetka Murders
Weleetka Murders -- On June 8, 2008 Taylor Placker, 13, and Skyla Whitaker, 11, were shot a total of 13 times on a dirt road between Okmulgee and Okfuskee counties.

Man ordered to trial in deaths of 2 Okla. girls

News | Published: Tue, Jan 29, 2013

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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Kevin Sweat pleads not guilty to killing Weleetka girls

Mar 28A man charged in the brutal slayings of two young...

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Man charged in 2008 deaths of two girls near Weleetka

Dec 9Investigators have charged Kevin Sweat with first-degree...

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Weleetka fire reactions

Aug 16Sheril Murillo talks about the family members she lost in...

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Dusty Chancey

Aug 21The Oklahoman's Bryan Painter talks to Graham School...

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Weleetka murders: One year later

Jun 8Family and friends of Taylor Placker and Skyla Whitaker...

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Investigation into Weleetka murders enters second year

Jun 8The investigation of the murders of Skyla Whitaker and...




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Archived articles from NewsOK.com

Man accused in Weleetka deaths in court 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. Read More
Weleetka murder suspect assaulted over the weekend 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
Man charged in 2008 deaths of two girls near Weleetka 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
OSBI still seeking gun in Weleetka slayings November 19, 2011 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents might attend an Oklahoma City gun show this weekend in their continued search for a handgun they think was used in the 2008 slaying of two Weleetka girls. Read More
Slain Weleetka-area girls may be linked to man charged in Okmulgee woman's death 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
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation offers reward for weapon in death of Weleetka girls 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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