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

Oklahoma man charged with murder of Weleetka girls gets new trial date in murder of girlfriend October 08, 2012 A man who faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his girlfriend and two young girls has a new trial date on one of the counts. Read More
Oklahoma man accused of 3 deaths pleads not guilty 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
Kevin Sweat, charged with slaying two Weleetka girls, bound over for trial in death of girlfriend 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
Hearing set for Oklahoma man accused in girlfriend's death and also charged in Weleetka killings May 22, 2012 OKEMAH — An Okmulgee man accused of killing two Weleetka girls faces a preliminary hearing in the death of his girlfriend. Read More
Hearing delayed for Weleetka murder suspect 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
Case continued for Oklahoma man charged in Weleetka slayings 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
Hearing set for man charged in Oklahoma girls' deaths February 22, 2012 OKEMAH — A hearing in Okfuskee County District Court is scheduled for a man accused of fatally shooting two young girls in eastern Oklahoma. Read More
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