2 Girls Found Dead in a Ditch Along Rural Oklahoma Road

[SavannahStar]

That is totally heart breaking
That poor woman

Did you HEAR it, in addition to reading the transcript? VERY heartbreaking, yes.

[SavannahStar]

Early reports are often rife with error.

That's fact for sure, Woe, but this wasn't just a brief early report...seems like it was discussed on many TH shows and repeated a lot on various news reports. So....it's really odd.

A BIG point of discussion, as a matter of fact, was why he would use Taylor's cell phone to make the 911 call.....she was laying down in the ditch, dead, so what did he do, grab the phone off her body, and call?

Just all very strange. I'm sure it could be cleared up in a heartbeat though, if news would only get their stories straight. I don't doubt Peter Placker did make a call.......so did she, I guess.....WHY did LE choose to make THIS one public? And who called first.

[Katie]

Did you HEAR it, in addition to reading the transcript? VERY heartbreaking, yes.

No reading it was upsetting enough, I'm very surprised what little attention this is getting. I was trying to look for updates for awhile now.

[CherokeeKid]

Well I dunno, CK......not really I don't think. If the "real" mother/father were very young/unable to take care of a kid. I hear a lot about grandparents raising the kids.....not a stretch to literally adopt them.

If I did know anything about the "real" parents, I've about forgotten now though. This case has SO dragged on. I PRAY they find the killer(s). This is such a tragic crime.

Thanks, Savannah.
I remember they were called the "biological" grandparents in this thread. That makes it so confusing.

I too hope that the killer/s are found soon. I was hoping this case would be solved much faster. It's such a rural area where those girls were that it seemed the killer/s must have lived in that area.

LE got FBI involved some time ago. They are following up many leads and have still some suspects. I think they are working hard on this case.

ETA: This is the info I find so confusing:

Here is Taylor's obituary from http://shurdenfuneralhome.homestead.com/obituary05.html

Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker, a resident of Weleetka was born March 6, 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Vicky and Peter Placker. She passed away Sunday, June 8, 2008 in Weleetka, Oklahoma at the age of 13 years 3 months and 2 days.

Taylor atended Graham school where she was involved in the 4H club, cheerleading, and was on the Superintendent's Honor Role.

She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Ruby and Carl Paschal, and by her pateral grandparents, Petra & Arvie Placker.

Taylor leaves behind her Mother and Father, Peter & Vicky Placker, Weleetka;

2 brothers, Jessie Paschal, Weleetka;

Chris Placker, Sallisaw;

2 sisters, Jennifer Paschal, Weleetka;

Linda Kaye Placker, Weleetka;

As well as a host of uncles, aunts, cousins, friends, and other relatives.

Just as a matter of my curiousity, who would be the mother of Taylor? Although the obit says she was "born to" Vicky and Peter Placker, her surname is Paschal-Placker, and Peter Placker says he is actually her biological grandfather although he raised Taylor as a daughter.

Apparently Vicky was a Paschal when she married Peter Placker, and their combined surnames are given to Taylor.

Help me figure out that puzzle, please, even though it's probably of no relation to the murders.

[woebedamned]

That's fact for sure, Woe, but this wasn't just a brief early report...seems like it was discussed on many TH shows and repeated a lot on various news reports. So....it's really odd.

A BIG point of discussion, as a matter of fact, was why he would use Taylor's cell phone to make the 911 call.....she was laying down in the ditch, dead, so what did he do, grab the phone off her body, and call?

Just all very strange. I'm sure it could be cleared up in a heartbeat though, if news would only get their stories straight. I don't doubt Peter Placker did make a call.......so did she, I guess.....WHY did LE choose to make THIS one public? And who called first.

Yes, I know. Ive been following the discussion on this case elsewhere, and those are all valid points. I just know how wrong first reports often end up being, so am trying not read anything sinister into right yet, I suppose.

[Astor]

Thanks for all the info, LP!

I'm quite puzzles about the court records! And that drugs played a role with some family members.

I think there is a possibility that the life style/connections with this family could have something to do with the killings of the two little girls. Not that the family is involved but that they had something to do with the wrong people, IMO.

The police made some indications like (paraphrasing) "maybe those girls were targeted" and "establish which relationship those girls had with the perp(s)".

I hope the police solves this case soon!

Hi, CherokeeKid, I second your thanks to LovelyPigeon; these court records don't implicate family members in the crime, but, as you suggest, it does raise worries that neighborhood lifestyles had something to do with these terrible killings. It's possible, of course, that they were revenge killings for some non-payment or non-delivery, or perhaps they were just adrenaline murder mistakes by some edgy cokehead or meth addict waiting for his connection.

[CherokeeKid]

Hi, CherokeeKid, I second your thanks to LovelyPigeon; these court records don't implicate family members in the crime, but, as you suggest, it does raise worries that neighborhood lifestyles had something to do with these terrible killings. It's possible, of course, that they were revenge killings for some non-payment or non-delivery, or perhaps they were just adrenaline murder mistakes by some edgy cokehead or meth addict waiting for his connection.

Hi Astor, Thanks for your kind words. And yes LovelyPigeon did some great research!

IMO, the lifestyle of the family could have put those girls on a higher risk. But in today's society, it's very difficult to say what really happened as there are some perps out there who don't need a motive, they might just kill for the "thrill" as you mentioned.

The Grove case comes to mind. It seemed very much that it was drug related, they way the two adults and the teenage boy were killed in such a brutal way looked like it was some kind of revenge. And LE thought there must have been more than just one perp to overpower that family. I was very surprised that Duncan, a smaller guy, was the perp and his motive, to kidnap and moleste those two small kids, was just puzzling to me.

I hope this case will be solved soon. That someone will talk. What coward/s to gun down those two young girls.

[Astor]

Hi Astor, Thanks for your kind words. And yes LovelyPigeon did some great research!

IMO, the lifestyle of the family could have put those girls on a higher risk. But in today's society, it's very difficult to say what really happened as there are some perps out there who don't need a motive, they might just kill for the "thrill" as you mentioned.

The Grove case comes to mind. It seemed very much that it was drug related, they way the two adults and the teenage boy were killed in such a brutal way looked like it was some kind of revenge. And LE thought there must have been more than just one perp to overpower that family. I was very surprised that Duncan, a smaller guy, was the perp and his motive, to kidnap and moleste those two small kids, was just puzzling to me.

I hope this case will be solved soon. That someone will talk. What coward/s to gun down those two young girls.

You're right, CherokeeKid, in these days, it could almost anything. In this media-saturated age, it's much too easy to pre-judge these things.

Of course, we don't know what the local police and the FBI have found or what leads they are following. That said, it seems possible that with each passing day of relative silence, the possibility increases that the perpetrator was somebody unknown in the community.

[dragonfly]

I can't believe this case has still not been solved. That is a very rural area and not likely it was someone from out of the area driving down those roads. As far as I know, there has been no luck on the sketch of the "person of interest". That's strange in itself given the probability that even that person is a local.

First rumor on a local news website forum was that one of the girls had witnessed some drug activity and reported it and this was to shut her up. No names were mentioned, but locals seemed to know who that person was and it was at the same time news was reporting a person of interest being interrogated. Supposedly (according the that news forum) he was an older teen (maybe 19) and was known for his drug/criminal activity and they were saying he was already in custody. Strange that nothing ever came of it, but maybe it was either just rumor or further investigating led them away from that person.

I would not be surprised if it's drug related being from this area myself, but I'm also pretty suspicious by nature and wonder about the family ties. Not saying I think a family member was involved, but I wonder who and what some members were tied to. It just seems too much of an "out of the way" area for someone to just drive by and kill two kids for the heck of it.

[A Voice of Sanity]

It just seems too much of an "out of the way" area for someone to just drive by and kill two kids for the heck of it.

One thing to remember here is that is someone killed one girl, he(?) was pretty much forced to kill the other one. Even if the first shot was an accident it is not impossible that he panicked and made sure both were dead. There is also the possibility of "buck fever" at play. But, yes, tis does not appear to be an area where accidental drive-by shootings would be common.

buck fever - nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter; sometimes causes repeated shots at a target animal.

``I have written in these pages about my first hunting experience with a legal deer. When that chance arose, my conscious mind froze - they call it "buck fever." I had no experience to fall back on, therefore my autopilot drew a blank and induced me to stand there like an idiot - a wheezing, trembling, adrenaline-filled idiot with knees of Jell-o and one hell of a heart rate - until the deer calmly walked away. My autopilot did nothing for me during that encounter.''

[dragonfly]

One thing to remember here is that is someone killed one girl, he(?) was pretty much forced to kill the other one. Even if the first shot was an accident it is not impossible that he panicked and made sure both were dead. There is also the possibility of "buck fever" at play. But, yes, tis does not appear to be an area where accidental drive-by shootings would be common.

buck fever - nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter; sometimes causes repeated shots at a target animal.

``I have written in these pages about my first hunting experience with a legal deer. When that chance arose, my conscious mind froze - they call it "buck fever." I had no experience to fall back on, therefore my autopilot drew a blank and induced me to stand there like an idiot - a wheezing, trembling, adrenaline-filled idiot with knees of Jell-o and one hell of a heart rate - until the deer calmly walked away. My autopilot did nothing for me during that encounter.''

Certainly makes sense, but I don't believe there is any active hunting season at this time that would require any type of rifle. Shotgun, maybe, but not anything high powered. Deer season is, of course, in the fall and winter. I'll look it up though and see what I can find.

[dragonfly]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080727_12_A1_hWELEE443106

Unease builds over unsolved killings

By MANNY GAMALLO World Staff Writer
7/27/2008
Last Modified: 7/27/2008 2:41 AM


WELEETKA — The grieving families of two girls who were slain near here last month are now coping with mounting frustration at the progress of the investigation and its lack of answers.

It was a pleasant Sunday afternoon on June 8 when Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11, and her friend Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, decided to go for a walk on County Line Road, four miles northeast of Weleetka.

The two had walked a half-mile north of Taylor's home to the Bad Creek Bridge and were returning when they were gunned down.

Their bodies were discovered around 5:30 p.m. by Taylor's father, Peter Placker.

Both girls had been shot several times with two guns, leading authorities to believe that at least two killers were involved.

Given the remote location of the crime scene, authorities think the killers live in the Weleetka area.

"It's still hard to talk about it," said Skyla's father, William Whitaker.

"We don't hear anything new from the OSBI."

He said he and his wife, Rose Whitaker, have asked the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation "plenty of questions, but there's been no answers they can give us."

"They haven't told us anything new since the day it happened," he said.

"The only thing we honestly know is our daughter was killed and she was with her friend when it happened. And they were shot multiple times."

Whitaker said his family is becoming increasingly frustrated by the investigation and the fact that no suspects have been arrested seven weeks after the slayings.

"We want them off the streets before it happens to other people's children," Whitaker said.

The Whitakers' sense of frustration is shared by the Placker family, which is now in the process of moving because "they're afraid to live there and they can't drive that road anymore," according to Taylor's uncle, Joe Mosher.

The family's anxiety with the investigation is felt on two fronts, he said.

"We're worried because it's taking so long, and they're not telling us everything," Mosher said.

Still, he believes that the OSBI is doing a great job and will eventually solve the case.

"We think they know something," he said, "but they're not saying what."

Beyond that, Mosher said, the fact that the investigation is now heading into its eighth week is cause for concern.

He said the family is worried that the investigation may eventually go by the wayside, that "they'll let it slip on the back burner."

"We don't want that," Mosher said. "We want to know why. Why would someone want to hurt two little girls?"

Whitaker also fears that the investigation may lose its intensity.

"We don't want to see the investigation lose its momentum," he said.

The Whitaker and Placker families are joined by many Weleetka-area residents who are also concerned about the investigation.

With the killers still on the loose, Betty Hill, who lives a mile from the homicide scene, said authorities are trying their best but that she wishes more could be done.

Hill said she avoids driving by the scene at night and still has trouble going to sleep.

At the Town & Country Grocery store, Elaine Hare noted that the investigation seems slow, but she understands that the OSBI has hundreds of leads that have to be checked.

"The community wants closure and justice for the girls," she said.

Hare pointed to another growing fear in Weleetka and the surrounding area — the worry among parents for the safety of their children as they go to and from school when the fall semester starts.

It's certainly that way for Sharon Eddie, who has two daughters, 10 and 15 years old.

She said she can take her children to school in the morning, but "I'm afraid for them when they walk home after school."

School in Weleetka resumes on Aug. 13, while classes at the Graham Independent School District, where Skyla and Taylor were enrolled, begin on Aug. 7.

Cowboy Eugene Tyler said he's as frustrated as most people in the community with the progress of the investigation.

He said local residents are still living in fear and that many have had to change their habits because the killers still haven't been caught.

"I don't like it," Tyler said of the investigation. "It's taking way too long."

Jessica Brown, spokeswoman for the OSBI, said there's no reason for residents to feel frustrated or get cynical about the investigation.

"This is a difficult case," she said, pointing out that some cases are easy to solve while others take time.

"It's not like on TV," she said. "This one will take time," she said, adding that this case will be solved.

The OSBI has checked out more than half of the 500 leads it has received in the case. Also, about 100 people have been questioned in connection with the case, and many more remain to be interviewed.

Last week, the OSBI released part of the 911 call reporting the slayings in the hope that someone with information about the case would hear it and come forward.

Mosher said the 911 call was made by his sister, Vicky Placker, Taylor's mother.

"When I heard it, it shocked me," he said. "I was at work, and it turned my stomach to hear it. I had to go home."

[dragonfly]

Squirrel season opened May 15th and is the only open hunting season I can find. I know a lot of squirrel hunters here in Oklahoma and they don't use anything but a shotgun for that. So, unless someone was hunting deer out of season, it's not likely it was some sort of hunting accident.

[A Voice of Sanity]

Certainly makes sense, but I don't believe there is any active hunting season at this time that would require any type of rifle. Shotgun, maybe, but not anything high powered. Deer season is, of course, in the fall and winter. I'll look it up though and see what I can find.

I'm trying to figure out why someone would do something as bad as this is. It certainly isn't gang banger territory. Some idiots shoot off guns for no good reason.

[gwen]

Autopsies of Okla. Girls Reveal Two Guns Used, Suggesting Two Killers
Friday, August 08, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY — Autopsies on two girls gunned down while walking on a country road show one had five gunshot wounds and the other had eight.

The state Medical Examiner's office Friday released autopsy results on 11-year-old Skyla Jade Whitaker and her friend, 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker. They were killed on June 8 a half-mile north of Taylor's home in the small town of Weleetka, 70 miles south of Tulsa. No arrests have been made.

The younger girl had eight wounds to the arms, chest, abdomen and neck, and the older girl had five gunshot wounds to the head, groin and hand.

Investigators say two different guns were used, leading to the presumption at least two people were involved. The isolated nature of the crime scene has led investigators to theorize local people might have been involved. No motive has been identified.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400641,00.html

[CherokeeKid]

Autopsy Reports Say Weleetka Girls Shot Several Times
Skyla Whitaker, Taylor Paschal-Placker Gunned Down On Rural Road

POSTED: 3:33 pm CDT August 8, 2008
UPDATED: 9:28 pm CDT August 8, 2008

WELEETKA, Okla. -- Reports released Friday afternoon by Oklahoma's chief medical examiner show two girls from Weleetka were both shot several times.

Skyla Whitaker, 11, and Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, were gunned down on a rural road near their homes in Okfuskee County on June 8, Eyewitness News 5 reported.

"This was very deliberate," said Jessica Brown of the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation. "(They were) shot multiple times. Not two or three, but multiple times."

Click here to find out more!

Video: Autopsies Released in Weleetka Killings Case

No one has been arrested in the case and no official suspect has been named.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been leading the investigation and a spokesperson said the bureau has had the reports for some time.

The report on Whitaker showed eight gunshot wounds to the torso and arms. Paschal's autopsy report revealed five gunshot wounds, including three in the face, Eyewitness News 5 reported.

According to the report, investigators determined Whitaker was a few feet behind Paschal when the girls were attacked.

"This only gives us an indication that they were within feet of their killer or killers," Brown said.

She also said whoever shot the girls used two guns, one with lead-coated bullets that was small in size and a second with medium-sized copper-jacketed bullets.

Investigators released a sketch of a man they want to interview about the case but have not been able to find him.

Skyla and Taylor's families are hopeful the information will help put the killer or killers behind bars.

"I know they will catch them eventually," said William Whitaker, Skyla's father. "No matter what the court system does to this person it will never be enough. It will never bring my daughter back."

"We are getting through it with help from friends and family and the community and everything, but it is rough. Real rough," said Peter Placker, Taylor's grandfather.

Police ask anyone with potentially helpful information to call the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at 800-522-8017.

http://www.koco.com/news/17136365/detai ... l&psp=news

[Seraph]

Autopsy Reports Say Weleetka Girls Shot Several Times
Skyla Whitaker, Taylor Paschal-Placker Gunned Down On Rural Road

POSTED: 3:33 pm CDT August 8, 2008
UPDATED: 9:28 pm CDT August 8, 2008

WELEETKA, Okla. -- Reports released Friday afternoon by Oklahoma's chief medical examiner show two girls from Weleetka were both shot several times.

Skyla Whitaker, 11, and Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, were gunned down on a rural road near their homes in Okfuskee County on June 8, Eyewitness News 5 reported.

"This was very deliberate," said Jessica Brown of the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation. "(They were) shot multiple times. Not two or three, but multiple times."

Click here to find out more!

Video: Autopsies Released in Weleetka Killings Case

No one has been arrested in the case and no official suspect has been named.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been leading the investigation and a spokesperson said the bureau has had the reports for some time.

The report on Whitaker showed eight gunshot wounds to the torso and arms. Paschal's autopsy report revealed five gunshot wounds, including three in the face, Eyewitness News 5 reported.

According to the report, investigators determined Whitaker was a few feet behind Paschal when the girls were attacked.

"This only gives us an indication that they were within feet of their killer or killers," Brown said.

She also said whoever shot the girls used two guns, one with lead-coated bullets that was small in size and a second with medium-sized copper-jacketed bullets.

Investigators released a sketch of a man they want to interview about the case but have not been able to find him.

Skyla and Taylor's families are hopeful the information will help put the killer or killers behind bars.

"I know they will catch them eventually," said William Whitaker, Skyla's father. "No matter what the court system does to this person it will never be enough. It will never bring my daughter back."

"We are getting through it with help from friends and family and the community and everything, but it is rough. Real rough," said Peter Placker, Taylor's grandfather.

Police ask anyone with potentially helpful information to call the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at 800-522-8017.

http://www.koco.com/news/17136365/detai ... l&psp=news

Thank you CK, this is a very sad case, it doesn't look like they have much to go on. Does anyone know, if this is a very rural area, with a small population? It's odd if people have no recollection of strangers or that they have not identified someone within the community that might have some information. Why are they not getting much media coverage?
Skyla and Taylor, sleep peacefully in beautiful dreams

[CherokeeKid]

YW, Seraph.

And thanks to Everyone for their updates.

Yes, it is a very rural area and where the girls were walking seems to be a little road mainly known by locals. That was one of the reasons LE believed it could have been a local responsible for the shooting of those two little girls. But there are also some meth labs in that area. So, who knows.

LE identified the two weapons used. Maybe that will bring some resolution. That someone recognizes those weapons and knows of someone who owns them. Or if they have been used in a previous crime and there is a match. I don't know how long it takes to compare the forensic and see if there is a possible match.

I think LE is working on the case as much as they can. FBI is involved as well. They might be nothing what they can tell the media right now. But sometimes we don't hear anything in weeks or months and all of a sudden, an announcement is made that LE had a breakthrough. Sometimes, it takes luck, like in the Groene case where Duncan was caught.

I was hoping as well that this case would be solved much sooner.

R.I.P. Skyla and Tylor.

[gwen]

So sad that they have not solved this yet...

[gwen]

.40-Caliber Glock Used in Slaying of Oklahoma Girls
Friday, August 22, 2008

It was a .40-caliber Glock.

In their latest effort to solve a double-murder that thus far has neither motive nor suspects, Oklahoma police have revealed the make of one of the weapons used to kill two young girls on a country road nearly 10 weeks ago.

Police say two guns were used to kill 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Jade Whitaker as they took an afternoon walk down County Line Road in Okfuskee County on June 8. It's a "brutal and deliberate" crime that has stymied investigators in this rural area 70 miles south of Tulsa.

"Since we don't have a motive, we just can't look in one direction for a certain person," Jessica Brown, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, told FOXNews.com. "It's wide open."

In a state that doesn't require gun registration, officials have had to canvas local pawn shops to check sales records for Glocks. They compiled a list of 60 gun owners and tested the weapons of about 40 last weekend. But they still need to test more.

"Here's the only way it's going to help us probably, if someone just bought a gun or they loaned it to someone recently right before the homicides and got it back," Brown said.

Officials said they were checking up with the remaining 20 gun owners to see why they chose not to have their weapons tested. "We just want people to cooperate so we can find this weapon, and then the person who had it in his hand," Brown said.

Whoever shot the girls was thorough. The state Medical Examiner's office found Whitaker had eight wounds to the arms, chest, abdomen and neck, and Paschal-Placker had five gunshot wounds to the head, groin and hand.

The girls were best friends; they were killed as they walked down to a bridge for exercise during a sleepover weekend. Authorities suspect the killers live in the area, and that has the county's 11,250 residents living in fear.

At the girls' school, classes are on lockdown throughout the school day, and the small school body is down by about 10 students.

"We’ve really tightened up our security here," Wanda Mankin, the elementary principal of Graham School, said.

Students, who have been offered professional counseling, were given green and purple bracelets that read "In Memory of Taylor and Skyla B.F.F." when school started on Aug. 7. The colors were the girls' favorites.

"One of our bus routes used to go by the crime scene, and we rerouted the bus even though it takes a little longer and a little more fuel," Mankin said. "We don’t go by there anymore."

Investigators have been searching for a "person of interest" in the case since mid-June. Described as a 6-foot American Indian, about 35, with long black hair, he was seen driving a white Ford or Chevy single-cab pickup truck on County Line Road around the time of the shooting.

Indian activists have said they aren't surprised police haven't been able to find him.

"That could be any Indian in Oklahoma," said Brenda Golden, an activist originally from Weleetka.

Authorities say the description is all they have to go on.

"There’s nothing we can do about that," Brown said. "That’s exactly what the multiple witnesses told us. We asked them to get more specific, of course, and that’s the best they could do."

Golden, who now lives in Oklahoma City, said the fear of police persecution is one reason the large Indian community isn't talking.

"We're not going to get treated fairly," she said shortly after the murders. "Automatically people are assuming that this Indian did something wrong just because he was in the vicinity."

Police stress the Indian is not a suspect.

"He was just seen in the area close to the time the girls were shot and killed," Brown said. "That is such a remote area that that stood out to us."

Late last month, investigators released the tape of Taylor's grandmother calling 911 in an effort to warm a cooling trail of leads. Brown said it gave investigators good tips, but still, no arrests.

"This is unusual, but we have many cases where it's a whodunit that we have to go to the public to ask for help," Brown said.

In this case, all investigators have had to go on is a rural crime scene, the bullet-riddled bodies of two little girls and an inkling that these friends may have stumbled upon someone doing something so bad it led to murder.

"When it all finally comes together, I hope we’re wrong," Mankin said. "I do hope it's not someone who lives here among us."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408781,00.html

[gwen]

Grand jury questions men in Weleetka murders

Posted: Sep 4, 2008 12:38 PM EDT

WELEETKA -- The double murder investigation in Weleetka this summer has taken a quick turn. A published report says three men testified Wednesday before a grand jury.

There have been few leads in the last two-and-a-half months on this investigation. The girls, 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker were gunned down June 8th, 2008.

Their bodies were found near Weleetka on a dirt road in Okfuskee County. The girls had been shot numerous times; from two different guns.

The Oklahoman reports a grand jury heard the testimony of three men suspected, but not charged in the shootings.

One of those men is 19-year-old Mike Gaddy who lives near the girls.

His parents tell the Oklahoman he was home at the time along with another suspect, 18-year-old Dustyn Dailey.

Dailey is currently being held at Okmulgee County jail for a burglary charge.

And Toney Kelough, who lives several miles from the crime scene, also testified.

These men have not been charged with anything. They have only testified before a grand jury. Two others did not show up to speak. The judge has ordered them to be arrested.

The grand jury sessions are closed to the public.

http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S= ... menu99_1_1

[AC]

Thank goodness something is happening in this case!

[SavannahStar]

Thank goodness something is happening in this case!

Really! I've been waiting FOREVER for some news. What a sad case. I was following it very, very closely for a while.

[Katie]

Thanks for the update gwen. I sure hope they can get who did this .

[victims cry]

i do too, its a horrific crime and whomever committed it is not safe out in the community. I can understand a rape murder of a child more than this sort of cold blooded execution of 2 children for sport.

at least one has a motive that makes sense ..at least that you can wrap your mind around