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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August 22, 2012
OKEMAH — A man accused of killing two young girls in 2008 has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the July 2011 death of his girlfriend. Read More
May 23, 2012
OKEMAH - A man charged in the slayings of two girls in Weleetka was bound over for trial on Tuesday on another charge of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend. Read More
April 23, 2012
OKEMAH — A judge has delayed a hearing for an Okmulgee man facing separate murder charges for the death of his girlfriend and the deaths of two young Weleetka girls. Read More
February 22, 2012
OKEMAH (AP) — A judge has issued a continuance in the case of a man accused of fatally shooting two girls in eastern Oklahoma. The case of Kevin Sweat was continued Wednesday until April 23 while the prosecution and defense await the completion of a report. Sweat is charged with first-degree murder in the... Read More
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