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Title: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: sleddogs on June 11, 2008, 01:17:59 AM Police are looking for any clues in the slayings of two young girls in rural Oklahoma. Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and her friend, Skyla Whitaker, 11, were found shot to death along a dirt road near the town of Weleetka on Sunday.
WELEETKA, Okla. (June 10) - The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers. By Tuesday, investigators had no suspects and were unsure of the motive for Sunday's killings of 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker. Taylor's grandfather found their bodies after his wife got no answer when she called Taylor's cellular phone. The girls were sleeping over at Taylor's house and had decided to take a walk down the desolate road Sunday afternoon. Peter Placker sobbed uncontrollably Monday as he tried to remember finding the girls' bodies about a quarter of a mile from his house near Weleetka, about 70 miles south of Tulsa. "I can't describe coming up on it," he said. "I done it once and I can't do it again." http://news.aol.com/story/_a/mystery-surrounds-young-girls-killings/20080610151309990001 Edit to add "murder charges" to subject line. MB Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: sleddogs on June 11, 2008, 01:21:08 AM 2 Young Girls Shot To Death On Rural Road
Oklahoma Cops Seek Killer In Slaying Of Best Friends, Ages 11 And 13 (CBS/AP) The bodies of two young girls shot to death near the small town of Weleetka in Okfuskee County were discovered by the grandfather of one of the girls, along a dirt road the two best friends used dozens of times to play on and walk to sleepovers, according to grieving family members. The bodies of 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker were found Sunday by Taylor's grandfather, Peter, after he became worried when his wife tried calling the girl's cell phone and got no answer. The Oklahoman newspaper reported police were looking at "persons of interest" in the case. Authorities are also offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the killer or killers. The girls, who were sleeping over at Taylor's house, decided to take a walk down the desolate road Sunday afternoon, something they were used to doing in their rural community. The Oklahoman said the girls were best friends and good students. "I can't describe coming up on it," Peter Placker said, sobbing uncontrollably, as he tried to remember walking up on the scene, only about one-quarter mile from his house. "I done it once and I can't do it again." Stan Florence, an inspector with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, confirmed the names of the girls. Florence said the victims were shot "multiple times" and it was unknown if they were molested. "They were little girls, what possible motive could there be?" Sheriff Jack Choate told The Oklahoman. "You have to wonder, did they see something they were not supposed to? Were they at the wrong place at the wrong time?" By Monday afternoon, at least 20 investigators were examining the crime scene and pursuing leads that came in overnight. Meanwhile, relatives tried to make sense of the grisly killings in a community where some folks still leave their keys in their cars and residents who live 10 miles apart still call themselves neighbors. Skyla was the carefree adventurer, the girl who walked barefoot almost everywhere and rode her bicycle down endless dirt roads. Where she went, her many cats followed, along with her pet goat. Skyla wanted to become a veterinarian, said her grandmother, Claudia Farrow. To know Taylor was to love her, her grandfather said. She was the big-hearted girl who rescued helpless turtles crawling in the middle of the road and wanted to become a forensic scientist, like on the TV shows, said Peter Placker, who said he raised Taylor like she was his daughter even though he was her biological grandparent. She was home-schooled until the family moved to Weleetka, located about 70 miles south of Tulsa. "She was the best kid I've known," Placker said. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/10/national/main4168258.shtml Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: Bearlyhere on June 11, 2008, 01:29:34 AM Thanks sleddogs, I was looking to see if there was a thread for this tragedy.
This could have been any two children walking up the road. That's the scary part for all parents. I hope these girls did not suffer. Their family sure will. God bless them and be with them at this time. I am sure God is holding them both in one hand as he knows how much they love being together in all they do. Please, God, wrap your arms around this family tightly and don't let go. This community is shattered by this. I hope they find the perp(s) responsible for this very quickly. I know it won't bring back the two girls, nothing will, but the family and community needs this soon. Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: Bearlyhere on June 11, 2008, 01:46:00 AM http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20080610/Girls.Killed/
(http://static-p-a.comcast.net/api/assets/bin-200806/6761-Girls-Killed.jpg) Joe Mosher, an uncle of Taylor Paschal-Placker, talks with a reporter near where his neice, Taylor, was found dead Sunday night, in Weleetka Okla., Tuesday, June 10, 2008. A memorial with flowers and stuffed animals marks the location. Girls found dead near small Oklahoma town 6 hours ago WELEETKA, Okla. — The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers. By Tuesday, investigators had no suspects and were unsure of the motive for Sunday's killings of 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker. Residents remained on edge knowing a murderer could be in this close community of 1,000. "Believe it or not, I have never pulled any shades in my house and I keep my doors unlocked," said Dena Priddy, a teacher's aide at the school the victims attended. "You just don't expect these things to happen here." Taylor's grandfather found their bodies after his wife got no answer when she called Taylor's cellular phone. The girls were sleeping over at Taylor's house and had decided to take a walk down the desolate road Sunday afternoon. Peter Placker sobbed uncontrollably Monday as he tried to remember finding the girls' bodies about a quarter of a mile from his house near Weleetka, about 70 miles south of Tulsa. "I can't describe coming up on it," he said. "I done it once and I can't do it again." Kevin Rowland, chief investigator with the state medical examiner's office, said the girls each suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Full autopsy results were not available yet, but sexual assault appears unlikely, said Special Agent Ben Rosser of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. He noted the girls were clothed and had only been missing for a half hour. Investigators were examining evidence, including tire tracks, shell casings, ballistics and shoe prints for any possible leads. "We will bring all the resources we need to try to help in our investigation," Rosser said in an afternoon news conference. But as of Tuesday afternoon, authorities had identified no suspects or persons of interest in the crime. "Nobody we could put a finger on and say this guy's good for it," Rosser said. A $14,000 reward was being offered for information about the killings. Investigators suspect a local person was involved because the killings occurred in such an isolated area, Rosser said. Possibilities include that it was a random shooting, the girls had intended to meet someone or they may have interrupted a crime that was occurring, he said. Skyla's family said she walked barefoot almost everywhere and rode her bicycle down endless dirt roads. Where she went, her many cats followed, along with her pet goat. Skyla wanted to become a veterinarian, said her grandmother, Claudia Farrow. Taylor rescued helpless turtles crawling in the middle of the road and wanted to become a forensic scientist like the ones on TV shows, said Placker, who raised the girl. "She was the best kid I've known," he said. The murders particularly have shaken a community where some drivers leave their keys in their cars and people who live 10 miles apart call themselves neighbors. "I can't put it into words," said Jake Fenley, Skyla's basketball coach. "This doesn't happen in rural middle America." For Priddy, that fear means taking extra precautions: "I got guns loaded," she said defiantly. She also refuses to let her 14-year-old daughter out of the house. On Tuesday morning, Taylor's uncle, Joe Mosher, drove up to the makeshift memorial at the place the bodies were found. Yellow crime scene tape had been torn away and thick patches of grass were matted down. A rosary hung from a branch, and stuffed animals and a bouquet of flowers just beginning to wilt formed the grim reminder of innocence lost. "It's the most tragic thing that I've ever seen," said Nell Mosher, Taylor's aunt. "They were just two precious little babies; they were good girls." Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: Nut44x4 on July 21, 2008, 08:58:53 PM 911-tape released and suspect sketch
Officials Release 911 Tape in Double Slaying of Oklahoma Girls Officials released the first minute of a 911 tape in the double murder of two young girls gunned down on a rural road in the hope that it will spark new leads in a case that has stymied investigators for seven weeks. "They went for a walk and they're both, they're dead!" a female relative screams to the 911 operator, begging her to "help me please." Click here for a transcript of the tape. (GO TO LINK) Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Whitaker, 11, were found shot to death June 8 close to Taylor's home in rural Weleetka, Okla. "It breaks your heart hearing it, doesn't it?" Jessica Brown, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said at a press conference held Monday. The agency released the first 1 minute, 22 second portion of the more than six-minute-long tape after consulting the victims' families. "We’ve gotten so many leads in. We just need that right one," Brown told FOX News on Monday. "And we’re hoping that this will stir some emotion in the people or the person who has information that can help break this case." "We know someone out there knows what happened or has a good idea of what happened and can help us with this case," she said. Brown said investigators have received more than 500 leads in the case and eliminated 100 people in the case. Officials had released a sketch of a person of interest in the case who they believe may have seen the person or people responsible for the girls' deaths, but Bureau of Investigation officials have been tightlipped since. Click here for photos. The man is described as an American Indian, about 6 feet tall, with black hair and a ponytail stretching to the small of his back. Investigators say the man was seen standing near a white Ford or Chevrolet single cab pickup with chrome striping and an Oklahoma license tag around the time and place the girls were shot. The girls were shot a number of times in the head and chest with weapons of two different calibers, leading authorities to think two gunmen were involved. Investigators also believe that bullet casings collected near the crime scene could be linked to the homicides. More than $30,000 in reward money is available for information leading to an arrest and conviction. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,387201,00.html Nancy Grace played the tape near the end of her show tonight....very chilling. Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: klaasend on June 08, 2009, 10:13:39 AM http://www.koco.com/news/19682018/detail.html
New Evidence Found In Weleetka Slayings OSBI May Offer Details In Monday News Conference POSTED: 8:36 am CDT June 7, 2009 UPDATED: 7:29 pm CDT June 7, 2009 OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said investigators have found DNA linked to the slayings of two girls in Weleetka. Spokeswoman Jessica Brown offered no details but said the evidence was "something of significance." New Evidence In Weleetka Murders More information may be revealed at a news conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday, the one-year anniversary of the killings of Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11. Eyewitness News 5 and koco.com will both offer live coverage of the news conference. The girls were found shot to death on an isolated Okfuskee County road. Authorities have said they don't know if they happened onto a crime in progress, were victims of an attempted abduction or were targets of a thrill killing, but Taylor's grandfather found them dead hours after they had gone for a walk. Skyla had been shot eight times and Taylor five. Authorities believe two guns were used. A drawing of a man with American Indian features seen near the crime scene was released, but that man hasn't come forward. Skyla's father, William Whitaker, said he tries to remember how his daughter lived and leave details of the case to investigators. Father Remembers Daughter One Year After Death "It's frustrating that the person who did this is still on the streets," he said. "They are still out there and possibly have done this before." He said he visits the memorial to the slain girls at least once a week. "It gives me a chance to think about them," he said. "The good times we had and the things we did." The memorial has grown in the past year and each piece has a story. A cross was added to the site last week. Stay with koco.com and Eyewitness News 5 for the latest details. Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: Nut44x4 on June 08, 2009, 07:30:19 PM Shooting Deaths of Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Paschal-Placker – One Year Later
June 08, 2009 One year ago today, the lives of 11-year-old Skyla Jade Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker were snuffed out along a rural road in Weleetka, Okla. The brutal killings, which sent shockwaves across the nation, have been the subject of an intense criminal investigation that has involved over 7,500 man hours and 450 interviews; however, to date, not a single suspect has been identified. "This coward has not come forward, but we do believe that there are other people who have information as to who this person or these people are," Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation [OSBI] spokesperson Jessica Brown said during a press conference this afternoon. "I don't know why they haven't come forward, but they need to. We are one piece of information away from making an arrest. These people who have the information can help us with that, and we plead for them to come forward. We have $36,000 as a reward in this case and they are eligible for that reward if they come forward and we can use their information to help prosecute this case. That is a lot of money and we hope that will get somebody to come forward." In addition to the thousands of man hours and the hundreds of interviews that have been conducted, Brown said that investigators have submitted over 600 items to the state crime lab for analysis and that over 700 tests have been conducted on those items. "We are doing a great deal to help solve this case," Brown said. "We do have evidence not new evidence but we do have good evidence. If we could get that one piece of information to help solve this case - that's what we need." Brown said that her department still does not have a motive in the killings and that they probably won't until they make an arrest. "It could be any number of things," Brown said. "If we knew the motive, I think it would be easier for us to solve it, but we don't know at this point in time." While a suspect has not yet been identified, Brown said that the OSBI believes that whoever committed the crime is from the Weleetka area. "It is quite a remote area," she said. "If you been there, it is hard to find your way in and out, so a person would have to know the area pretty well to do that." In addition to Brown, Skyla's father, William Whitaker, also spoke at the press conference. "This is my first time speaking out in front of a group this large," Whitaker said. "I don't really know anything about the case [but] I do know about the girls. They were both really great kids. They were both active in their schools [and] they were both really smart. This is a horrible thing to happen to them … It is a day to day thing getting through the last year. Some days are a little easier than others, some of them you just don't even want to go forward, but if you have other children to take care of it makes it kind of difficult you know you have to stand up and be there for them and be there for your loved ones. It might be your good day but it might be somebody else's bad day it hits everybody different ways at different times." In regard to the person or persons responsible, Whitaker had this to say: "I want them to turn themselves in. I want them to bring this whole thing to an end. It has gone on long enough. The family is hurt, the community is hurt [and] I just want it to be brought to an end. Taylor's father, Peter Placker, echoed that statement/ "I want this to come to an end more than anybody else does," Placker said. "I mean I can't find a reason anymore to smile … I know no other way to explain it but pure hell. That girl meant everything to me. The past year I spend most of the time by myself. I am afraid to show affection to my other family members because I am scared somebody else is goanna be next … the person's still out there. If they are crazy enough to do it once they are going to do it again." more of what we already know at link... http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2009/06/skyla-whitaker-and-taylor-paschal-placker.html Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: Claycat on August 15, 2009, 09:11:41 PM Wow, this isn't a very long thread here, Nut!
My hope is that there will soon be justice for Taylor and Skyla. The rumors are flying fast and furious. Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: MuffyBee on August 15, 2009, 09:13:42 PM Hi Claycat and welcome to Scared Monkeys ::MonkeyDance::
Title: Re: Mystery Surrounds Young Girls' Killings Post by: Claycat on August 16, 2009, 10:23:44 AM Thank you so much, MuffyBee!
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: Nut44x4 on November 30, 2009, 03:33:20 PM 10/27/09 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Large Reward Renewed in Weleetka Girls' Murder Case The substantial reward announced in July of $160,000 .00 in the Weleetka Girls’ murder case will be renewed for another 90 days starting Wednesday, October 28th. June 8, 2008, 13-year-old Taylor Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker were gunned down just yards from Placker’s home near Weleetka. OSBI agents continue to receive and follow leads. Several donors came forward during the summer to add to an existing reward. An anonymous donor has offered a $70,000.00 reward and two Tulsa area independent oil companies put up a combined $50,000.00 reward. This put the total reward amount for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the murders of the girls up to $160,000.00. This includes a $10,000.00 reward offered by the U.S. Marshal’s Service, $10,000.00 from the OSBI, and $20,000.00 donated by the community. Dexxon Inc. and LPD Energy Corp. as well as the other anonymous donor will make their own determination on rewarding the money they are offering separate from the OSBI and other law enforcement officials. Anyone with information should call the state Crimestoppers hotline at 1-800-635-8477. Callers can remain anonymous. http://www.ok.gov/osbi/Press_Room/2009_Press_Releases/PR-2009-10-27__LARGE_REWARD_RENEWED_IN_WELEETKA_GIRLS'_MURDER_CASE.html Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: Nut44x4 on June 07, 2010, 06:53:15 PM Auction to raise reward money in Weleetka-area killings
BY MICHAEL KIMBALL Oklahoman Published: June 2, 2010 HENRYETTA — A bar in Henryetta will hold an auction Sunday to raise money for the reward fund in the slaying of two Weleetka- area girls two years ago. The auction will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Marvin's Place, 9720 Hornbeam Road, a bar employee said. There is no set time for the auction to end. It's the bar's third auction to raise reward funds in the June 8, 2008, shooting deaths of Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Whitaker, 11, on a county road near Weleetka. No arrests have been made in the slayings, and authorities have never publicly identified a suspect despite continuing pleas for information. Peter Placker, Taylor's grandfather, said the families are appreciative and thankful for the bar's efforts, which were organized by its owner out of compassion for the family. Placker moved to Henryetta after his granddaughter's death. The bar is accepting donations for the auction. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is planning a news conference Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the killings, to renew the plea for more information, OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown said. The reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or people responsible in the deaths stands at $160,000, Brown said. http://newsok.com/auction-to-boost-reward-in-killings/article/3465446?custom_click=lead_story_title Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: Sister on June 10, 2010, 03:35:32 PM This is a very haunting case. I guess there was no match to the DNA supposedly found.
What agony for these families. I would have thought such a large reward would have brought forth some good leads. Prayers for the families. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: Nut44x4 on November 12, 2010, 05:23:42 PM FBI to Examine Unsolved Slayings of Oklahoma Girls
Updated: 48 minutes ago Nov. 12 -- Authorities in Oklahoma have asked the FBI to develop a profile of the individual or individuals responsible for the deaths of two young girls who were brutally slain in 2008. "We are hoping they can give us some information that we haven't found yet," Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown told AOL News. "They are the experts in behavioral analysis. We do not have that expertise, so that is why we are going to them." Brown said that her agency decided to seek the assistance of the FBI "some time ago" but had to gather all of the information needed so the agency's behavioral profiling agents could do the analysis. "You get to a point in the case where you are looking for help in any manner," Brown said. The bodies of Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Jade Whitaker, 11, were found on June 8, 2008, in a ditch along County Line Road in Weleetka. According to the Okfuskee County Sheriff's Office, Skyla had been spending the night at Taylor's house, and the two had decided to take a walk along the dirt road. When the girls failed to return home, Taylor's grandfather, Peter Placker, went looking for them. He walked roughly a quarter of a mile down the road before discovering the girls' bodies, police said. According to autopsy reports, Skyla had been shot a total of eight times in the neck, arms, shoulders, chest and abdomen. Taylor had been shot five times, in the face, groin and hand. The county coroner found no signs of sexual assault, but he did find that each of the girls had been shot with two different caliber bullets. Investigators believe a .40-caliber handgun and a smaller-caliber weapon were used in the killings. Authorities have declined to release any other information on the weapons. Investigators have checked out hundreds of leads and identified several persons of interest in the past two years, but they have been unable to determine who is responsible for the murders, Brown said. "We have looked at similar crimes [but] we haven't found any in Oklahoma, necessarily," Brown said. "We have also looked throughout the country ... [but that] hasn't produced a lot of helpful leads." While an FBI profile cannot be used as evidence in the case, it can be used to help police identify potential suspects, former FBI agent Harold Copus told AOL News. "You need more than a profile to get a search warrant or make an arrest," said Copus, now head of Copus Security Consultants in Atlanta. "A profile is a road map that leads you from a crime scene to the potential perpetrator. Then, once you identify a suspect, you have to do all the work of making the case. But it certainly shortens the road map of how to get there." According to Copus, agents in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit have spent years studying psychology and interviewing hundreds of killers around the country. The profilers use their knowledge to determine how killers think and operate. "Based on the case and similar crimes they have investigated, [a profiler] can determine a lot of different things about the psychological make up of this person or persons," Copus said. "The police can then go back in their interviews and possibly say, 'Wow, we missed this and we need to concentrate this person.'" Copus added, "In my experience, the profilers are great at what they do. If I was the person who had done this, I would be shaking in my shoes knowing they are on top of me now." Speaking with The Oklahoman today, Taylor's grandmother, Vicky Placker, said she is aware that the FBI has been asked to assist in the case. "We just hope something comes from this," she said. Brown is also hopeful that their assistance will ultimately result in an arrest. "It is awful, and we are willing to do whatever it takes to get it solved, and the sooner the better, of course," Brown said. When asked whether investigators fear the killer or killers could strike again, Brown replied, "Absolutely." "If they are willing to kill two innocent children in cold blood, I don't think there [are] any limitations," she said. http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/fbi-asked-to-profile-killer-of-two-oklahoma-girls/19714954 Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: Nut44x4 on August 24, 2011, 07:09:59 PM Interesting talk here regarding the death of a woman and her killer....seems things point in this direction????
see comments http://www.newson6.com/story/15272397/okmulgee-man-charged-with-murder-in-fiancees-death Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on August 24, 2011, 09:36:05 PM Interesting talk here regarding the death of a woman and her killer....seems things point in this direction???? WOW!! Thanks Nut! I am bringing the comments over from the article before they "go poof". This guy "Kevin Sweat" needs to look into this guy ASAP, imo....hopefully, they bring in the FBI on this.see comments http://www.newson6.com/story/15272397/okmulgee-man-charged-with-murder-in-fiancees-death Quotes in the comment section of the above article: Guest: Just want to make a correction to a comment, Kevin's grandparents is the ones who live next to the victim's family of those little girls, & his father also lives about 6 miles from there. michael: 9:38 PM Aug 16 Burn him. Eye for an eye. We need to lose this crap about "oh, we can fix them and make them better...and put them back into society."" Slap on the wrist and out the door to do it again. That's how our justice system works. Jennifer: 1:21 PM Aug 16 Funny you should say that MorIsInteresting. This is unsubstantiated, but I've heard Kevin's father actually lives next door to the grandparents of one of the two Weleetka girls who was killed in 2008. It was said that a gun was recovered from the fathers home that "matched" the gun that killed one of the girls. It was unclear to me if matched meant caliber or ballistics. I'm guessing caliber. Anyway, supposedly Kevin killed Ashley for threatening to turn him in for the two girl's murders. MorIsInteresting: 11:40 AM Aug 16 Interesting post by MoreisMor! Now I'm wondering when it says "his father's home near Weleetka" if this guy had anything to do with the murders of those two little girls there! I hope they check into any possibility of him being a suspect. MoreisMor: 9:40 AM Aug 16 The defendant, Kevin Joe Sweat, told authorities that on July 17, he cut the victims throat and pushed her into Nichol’s Park Lake. However, authorities searched the location and were unable to find the 23-year old woman’s body in the lake. Within the public records they state that Sweat went on to tell authorities he went to his father’s home near Weleetka to burn some notebooks and video tapes in a fire on the north side of the property. OSBI and Okmulgee Police officers went to the location to search the site. Upon searching the site the officers discovered adult human bones and pieces of prescription glasses that matched Ashley Taylor’s and clothing belonging to a female from the burn pile. Kat: 8:50 AM Aug 16 Not sure why the link keeps breaking. Go to their site and it won't take much to find the article. Such a sad story. Kat 8:49 AM Aug 16 http://henryettafreelance.com/v2/content.aspx?ID=35610&MemberID=1991 (http://henryettafreelance.com/v2/content.aspx?ID=35610&MemberID=1991) Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on August 24, 2011, 10:23:27 PM Dear MODS:
Would this case be better suited in "Unsolved"?? Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on August 24, 2011, 10:45:39 PM (http://www.taylorandskyla.net/Images/Taylor%20and%20Skyla.jpg)
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on August 24, 2011, 10:48:40 PM The following link has many pictures of the girls as well as the crime scene and memorial site.
http://www.taylorandskyla.net/welcome.html (http://www.taylorandskyla.net/welcome.html) Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on August 24, 2011, 11:58:46 PM Interesting talk here regarding the death of a woman and her killer....seems things point in this direction???? Hi Nutt, see comments http://www.newson6.com/story/15272397/okmulgee-man-charged-with-murder-in-fiancees-death I did some snooping and found that the family of this young lady, (Ashley Taylor) that was recently murdered, is also friends on facebook with the family of Taylor Paschal -Placker. Taylor's mother posted recent condolences to Ashley's father, Michael Taylor. On Michael's facebook he talks about this Kevin Sweat killing his daughter. There is no mention of Kevin Sweat being a "suspect" in Skyla and Taylor's murder on either families profile. But I sure hope they do look at him. I am not sure if it is appropriate to post the families FB links, but I can if required/needed. They are not private. I just thought this was interesting. It does appear that they are "recent" friends on FB. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on August 27, 2011, 03:19:39 PM Just wondering out loud but one girl was shot 5 times, the other 8 times in the country on a rural road. Someone had to have heard something. I know gunshots are common in a rural area but 13 shots would have been heard by someone. I do not recall any one saying they heard anything. This happened near her home and her Grandpa doesn't hear anything? Does anyone recall a witness stating they heard shots? Even at a distance this would have been heard out in the country and relatively well at that. Ugh.....this case is solvable why the delays?
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: KittyMom on September 30, 2011, 10:25:44 AM What a shame that there has not been an arrest in this case.
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: labubske on October 13, 2011, 10:10:10 PM They have found the serial number that goes with the gun used in the murders. I just saw it on the Tulsa News station Fox 23. Let me see if I can find a link.
Here is a link to a similar article. 5,000 dollar reward. I pray they found the evil person/persons that killed these beautiful girls. http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Gun-that-killed-Weleetka-girls-possibly-sold-in/bK7G5kRL2UKU0xnPlGAldg.cspx Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: labubske on October 14, 2011, 01:37:46 PM The gun was sold at a gun show in Tulsa, OK 7 months ago. Serial # EKG463US. They are getting closer. No link they just said it on the local news station in Tulsa. FOX 23.
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: MuffyBee on October 14, 2011, 01:48:24 PM http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Gun-used-in-Weleetka-girls-murder-still-missing/ZwYKR8C0nEa1_-nv5ZyHuw.cspx Gun used in Weleetka girls' murder still missing October 13, 2011 The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is again asking for the public's help in finding the gun used to kill two Weleetka girls more than three years ago. The OSBI is confident a Glock .40 model 22 was used to murder 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Placker June 8, 2008, about 100 yards from Placker's home. The serial number on that gun is EKG463US. An intense investigation revealed the gun may have been sold at a gun show in Tulsa this past March. Previous releases on this weapon have produced no viable leads. The OSBI is offering up to $5,000 for this firearm. Agents are confident the person who now owns this weapon is not responsible for the girls' murders. If you have information about this gun, please call the OSBI at 1-800-522-8017. A manager with the United States Shooting Academy and William Whitaker, the father of Skyla, both feel the new information about the gun will get officers closer to solving the case. ::snipping2:: Video at Link Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: labubske on October 14, 2011, 01:49:03 PM The gun was sold at a gun show in Tulsa, OK 7 months ago. Serial # EKG463US. They are getting closer. No link they just said it on the local news station in Tulsa. FOX 23. Here is a link that explains it. http://www.tulsaworld.com/specialprojects/news/crimewatch/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20111014_11_A13_ULNSbP740246 Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: Nut44x4 on October 14, 2011, 02:22:43 PM Interesting...perhaps this will be the lead they need. I still think it is a 'local' person.
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on November 07, 2011, 01:49:34 AM Interesting...perhaps this will be the lead they need. I still think it is a 'local' person. ::rhino::This is ridiculous that this hasn't been solved by now. I pray this leads to something. Someone wanted to silence these two kids, but why? Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: flutter1 on November 08, 2011, 10:35:00 AM Quote ::snipping2::WELEETKA, Okla. -- It has been three and a half years since 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker were found gunned down along a dirt road outside of Weleetka. Recently, family members of another murder victim have spoken out; they believe the man arrested for that crime may have ties to the Weleetka murder as well. http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-murder-suspect-could-have-ties-to-weleetka-murders-20111103,0,5842725.story (http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-murder-suspect-could-have-ties-to-weleetka-murders-20111103,0,5842725.story)Kevin Sweat has been arrested and charged with the murder of his fiance, Ashley Taylor. Taylor's family confronted Sweat around the time her disappearance. They believe Sweat was involved in her murder and in the murder of the Waleetka girls. ::snipping2:: The Okfuskee County District Attorney has issued this statement regarding a connection between Sweat and the Weleetka girls: "The Okfuskee County District Attorney's office is aware of the allegations concerning Kevin Sweat's possible connection to the murders of Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Placker. I can assure you that the OSBI and other law enforcement entities are working around the clock to pursue each and every lead in this case, including any and all leads regarding Mr. Sweat. I am aware of the scrutiny that has recently been cast upon the OSBI regarding the investigation. I can assure you that the OSBI has worked and is working diligently on this matter. Over the past three years I have personally worked hand-in-hand with the OSBI and numerous other law enforcement entities regarding this case. Our office has complete confidence not only in the manner that the OSBI has handled the murder case of Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Placker but also in the fact that, ultimately, the person responsible for their deaths will be brought to justice." ::snipping2:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: KittyMom on November 08, 2011, 10:39:08 PM http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/28/murder-in-oklahoma-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-part-2/
He was dating Jennifer Placker. If they can find the gun, they've got him, imo. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on November 11, 2011, 07:06:26 PM http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/28/murder-in-oklahoma-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-part-2/ Thanks Kitty, very interesting. ::MonkeyAngel:: There are now 5 parts to her series. You may have to search around for them. The author mentions that FOX was interviewing the Taylor's but I don't recall seeing anything. I will look around though.He was dating Jennifer Placker. If they can find the gun, they've got him, imo. Also this is a photo of Kevin Sweat (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/crime/files/2011/10/Kevin_Sweat-219x300.jpg) Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on November 11, 2011, 07:16:07 PM http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/28/murder-in-oklahoma-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-part-2/ He was dating Jennifer Placker. If they can find the gun, they've got him, imo. Here are the links to the additional parts of the series (minus part 2 which Kitty brought over above): Part 1 http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/27/murder-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-in-oklahoma-part-1/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/27/murder-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-in-oklahoma-part-1/) Part 3 http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/30/murder-in-oklahoma-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-part-3/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/30/murder-in-oklahoma-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-part-3/) Part 4 http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/31/murder-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-in-oklahoma-part-4/#more-163 (http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/10/31/murder-connecting-the-dots-more-than-once-in-oklahoma-part-4/#more-163) Part 5 http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/11/05/murder-in-oklahoma-connecting-the-dots-finding-justice-part-5/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2011/11/05/murder-in-oklahoma-connecting-the-dots-finding-justice-part-5/) Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: flutter1 on November 15, 2011, 09:58:12 AM Hoping this case gets some momentum now.
Quote OSBI Follows Lead In Weleetka Case To Tulsa Gun Show OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation sought information at a Tulsa gun show about a possible murder weapon. Investigators think they have identified the weapon used to kill Taylor Paschal Placker and Skyla Whitaker near Weleetka in 2008. Gun dealers passed out a flier that listed the model and serial number of the suspected murder weapon. ::snipping2:: The gun show’s organizers asked dealers to hand out the fliers and talk to their customers about the case. The gun dealers, however, say that if the gun had been sold by a licensed dealer, there would have been a record of it. In Oklahoma anyone can sell another resident a gun without going through a licensed dealer. Investigators say whoever has the gun is not a suspect. ::snipping2:: Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/29767337/detail.html#ixzz1dmn7n1Rh Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/29767337/detail.html#ixzz1dmmuZf9J Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/29767337/detail.html#ixzz1dmmcsyrJ Edit as requested to delete URL posted in error. MB Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: KittyMom on November 15, 2011, 11:34:30 PM http://josepimorgan.deviantart.com/
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/334/5/0/Gasp__He__s_ALIVE_by_josepimorgan.jpg) I believe that this is Sweat's blog. Note the photos with the guns. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: KittyMom on November 15, 2011, 11:44:12 PM http://www.youtube.com/user/josepimorgan
Quote Name:Kevin Joined:Nov 19, 2006 Latest Activity:10 months ago Ok, I guess I tell you about me. I'm currently 20, I'm back home from the military and I'm going back to college. I'm about 5'11, 182 lbs, brown hair (short, I had to cut it :( But I'm gonna get it back one way or the other). 3 videos and only 1 friend. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: KittyMom on November 15, 2011, 11:48:27 PM http://www.pof.com/member27636776.htm
He joined a dating site. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on November 16, 2011, 12:20:09 AM [quote autho r=KittyMom link=topic=2907.msg1488536#msg1488536 date=1321418070]
http://josepimorgan.deviantart.com/ (http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/334/5/0/Gasp__He__s_ALIVE_by_josepimorgan.jpg) I believe that this is Sweat's blog. Note the photos with the guns. [/quote] Great find if him!! Bringing this over from the link: Quote So much to say... :iconjosepimorgan: May 18, 2010, 10:21:51 AM by ~josepimorgan Journals / Personal Mood: On Strike Listening to: mushroomhead- Embrace the ending Reading: Nothing Watching: nothing Drinking: water Hey everyone, haven't died just yet. Damn it's 2010, almost a year since I said anything to anyone. Alot has changed, where should I start? Well first, I'm no longer in the military, I got out back in 09, alittle relieved, and I got my long hair back :) But there's more bad than good. One of my friends left some stuff in my car in Oct. got busted for it, and because of my brothers drug history, the court was able to screw me out of my diverd sentence, so now I got a criminal record because of all this. What dumb shit?! I'm living on my own, or somewhere. I got engaged not to long ago, biggest mistake of my life. Wish I knew she was a complete basketcase (medicated and suicidal) before I got with her. Now I'm kinda stuck, but no worries yet...I'm saving up money so I can finally leave Oklahoma once and for all. It's not like I'm keeping all this a secret, hell my family knows I'm planning on leaving, just didn't tell them it was permanant. It's not just cause of my psycho finance I'm leaving, just there's nothing here, and I know what ya'll are thinking. "With the way the economy is, it's not a good idea." Well if those of you haven't realized, no matter where you go, whether it's California, Texas, New York, Japan, Russia, or whereever, the problem will still be there, so it's not like things are gonna go from bad to worse when it's already worse. Besides, it's time I start living and thinking for myself. I spent my entire life being told how things are supposed to be and how it's done. ANd led to believe if it ain't done like this, then it's 'politically incorrect', that I'll look like a idiot, a racist, no one will want anything to do with me. NEWS FLASH, no one really has anything to do with me at all. Thanks to my 'finance', I have to sneak to see my friends (yeah, she thinks f*ck all my friends, girls AND guys). But thanks to her, I decided that maybe I shouldn't give anyone a chance, I was one of those people that thinks it's what's on the inside that counts, and cause of that, I gave any girl (if I'm single) a chance, go out on a date or something. Just to find myself dating (and pardon me if I sound shallow, hell, think what u want) girls that that have: Low self-esteem doesn't like how they look (most of them were overweight) find everyone one I'm around as a threat want to get married in less than a year NO F*CKING MORE, so I may look shallow cause I'm going for girls that are the opposite, I frankly don't care anymore, if I find myself single for the rest of my life cause I ain't giving women like the above a try, so be it. It's not like the ungratful bastards of society are accomplishing anything new, I've bascially been by myself most of my life. wow...I never once let it out like that, kinda crazy, but I guess this is stuff I've been holding in for a long time. I don't know what I'll run into when I venture off on my own, all I ask for is a place where I feel like I belong, where I feel like I don't stand out like a 10 foot asian in a green speed-o. A normal life, or at least in my eyes, normal...never once have I felt normal, now instead of trying to be rich or famous or see the entire world, I would be happy just to have a beautiful wife (in my eyes a beautiful wife, sorry to those that have been there for me, but this is my decision), children and a good paying job to support them all. In the end, that's all I want. That's what I want to accomplish once I'm done with this journey into hell on earth, but of coasre there is some stuff that I feel should be done. There are those that have gave me nothing but trouble since day one, did what they can to pull me down and ruin what little I have, and refuse to stop. Talk sh*t, threatin me, act like they're billy bad asses cause they have a extra guy or two to kick my ass and say it's fair, but when I have the upper hand, they say sh*t like, "We're real men, we don't need this that or other." Well since they're gonna be like that, REAL MEN WOULD FACE THEIR ENEMY, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR ENEMY THROWS AT THEM. We did not win our wars through tea and bread and talkin sh*t. Because of this, I'll give those people a chance to fight me, cause I know one of them if not more are reading this. No strings, or anything like that, just a good old fashion fight, however, if those people do not accept my proposal, I better not hear a damn thing from any of them ever again. I know I've changed, the world has changed, for the good?....I doubt it, but it's one of those things we need to just suck it up. I know there's probably more questions than answers, but now people know how I feel. till next time. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on November 16, 2011, 12:37:18 AM http://josepimorgan.deviantart.com/ Just curious and confused, some of his pics look like him, then some don't. (with all due respect) What leads you to believe this may be Kevin Sweat? His blog is definitely scary but I wasn't positive that it was Kevin. Can you give me a clue??? ::MonkeyWink:: (http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/334/5/0/Gasp__He__s_ALIVE_by_josepimorgan.jpg) I believe that this is Sweat's blog. Note the photos with the guns. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on November 16, 2011, 12:51:54 AM http://josepimorgan.deviantart.com/ Just curious and confused, some of his pics look like him, then some don't. (with all due respect) What leads you to believe this may be Kevin Sweat? His blog is definitely scary but I wasn't positive that it was Kevin. Can you give me a clue??? ::MonkeyWink:: (http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/334/5/0/Gasp__He__s_ALIVE_by_josepimorgan.jpg) I believe that this is Sweat's blog. Note the photos with the guns. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: cartfly on November 16, 2011, 01:26:57 AM Interesting article, comments and pics here regarding Kevin Bozo Sweat: ::MonkeyCool::
http://www.iclassifiedsnetwork.com/v2/content.aspx?ID=35610&MemberID=1991 (http://www.iclassifiedsnetwork.com/v2/content.aspx?ID=35610&MemberID=1991) ::snipping2:: Murder case files reveal gruesome details OSBI agent believes remains found in burn pile are Ashley Taylor By HERMAN BROWN Daily Times editor Official documents in the first degree murder case against Kevin Joe Sweat reveal gruesome details in the apparent death of Ashley Celeste Taylor. Defendant Kevin Sweat allegedly told lawmen that he cut the victim’s throat July 17th and pushed her into Nichols Park lake. However, an extensive search of the lake did not produce the 23-year-old Okmulgee woman’s body. Sweat also told lawmen he burned notebooks and video tapes in a fire on the north side of his father’s residence near Weleetka. A search of that site by OPD officers and OSBI agents uncovered adult human bones and pieces of prescription eye glasses consistent with Ashley Taylor’s glasses. The lawmen also recovered pieces of female clothing from the burn pile. These and other faces are outlined in public records in Okfuskee County district court clerk’s office. Together, they provide enough evidence to convince prosecutors to file a formal murder charge against Sweat. The defendant remains in the Okmulgee County Jail and is being held without bond. At some point, he could be transferred to the Okfuskee County Jail. On Friday, OSBI agent Kurt Titsworth revealed the following facts in an affidavit filed in Okfuskee County district court clerk’s office: On July 30, 2011, Okmulgee Police Chief, Joe Prentice requested OSBI investigative assistance in the disappearance of Ashley Taylor, WF, DOB: 11/08/87. On July 29, 2011, Ashley's mother, Patricia Taylor reported Ashley missing to the Okmulgee Police Department. Patricia last saw Ashley on July 15, 2011 in Okmulgee. Ashley told Patricia that she and her boy friend Kevin Sweat were traveling to Louisiana on Sunday, July 17, 2011 to get married. Ashley and Kevin had planned to return home on July 29. 2011. Ashley had told Patricia that after she and Kevin got married she would call her. Patricia never heard from Ashley. ::snipping2:: (http://media.iadsnetwork.com/quickpageimage/22876_xlarge.jpg) Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: KittyMom on November 16, 2011, 12:39:51 PM I thought it was interesting that he had photos of swords and Ashley died of a slashed throat according to his confession. Considering his conversation with Ashley's dad about being questioned about Skyla & Taylor's murders, I think he wants everyone to know that he killed them. I really wish LE could find that gun.
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: MuffyBee on December 09, 2011, 04:02:18 PM http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/09/25-year-old-man-charged-with-murder-in-2008-shooting-death-oklahoma-girls/
25-Year-Old Man Charged With Murder in 2008 Shooting Death of Oklahoma Girls December 9, 2011 ::snipping2:: Kevin Sweat, of Henryetta, Okla., was charged with the murders of 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker, who were both shot and killed as they walked along County Line Road in Weleetka in June 2008. The two friends were shot multiple times as they played close to Placker’s home near Weleetka, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Authorities identified one of two weapons used in the murders as a .40-caliber model 22 with serial number EKG463US. They say Sweat may have tried to sell the gun at a gun show in Tulsa this March. Stan Florence, Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said during a press conference Friday that investigators are still searching for the weapon. Florence said Sweat is already in custody in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Ashley Taylor. Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: MuffyBee on December 09, 2011, 04:03:29 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/25-year-old-oklahoma-man-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-deaths-of-2-weleetka-girls/2011/12/09/gIQAD9lgiO_story.html
25-year-old Oklahoma man charged with first-degree murder in deaths of 2 Weleetka girls December 9, 2011 Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: Sister on December 09, 2011, 04:12:47 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/25-year-old-oklahoma-man-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-deaths-of-2-weleetka-girls/2011/12/09/gIQAD9lgiO_story.html Thank you for the updates MuffyBee. Hopefully this arrest will bring some form of peace to the families. This case has really touched me deeply.25-year-old Oklahoma man charged with first-degree murder in deaths of 2 Weleetka girls December 9, 2011 Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: KittyMom on December 09, 2011, 05:14:25 PM Finally.
::justice2NJ:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, murdered on country road Weleetka,OK Post by: MuffyBee on December 09, 2011, 06:26:04 PM http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/09/justice/oklahoma-slain-girls/
Man charged in deaths of 2 Oklahoma girls left in ditch December 9, 2011 ::snipping2:: In January 2010, Sweat was among those interviewed about the girls' murder, because he owned a Glock .40 Model 22 handgun like one of those thought to be used in the shootings. He then told an investigator then that he'd sold such a gun in 2007, according to the arrest affidavit. But he was not considered a suspect until this year, after being arrested and charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Ashley Taylor, Florence said. He was already in the Seminole County Jail in his girlfriend's death when the new charges were filed, according to the state investigative bureau director. He is charged on four counts related to the 2008 case: two each of first-degree murder, plus two each of shooting with intent to kill, according to the affidavit. The witnesses cited in this document include several of Sweat's family members, including his father, as well as the two victims' relatives and the Glock gun company. District Attorney Max Cook, whose jurisdiction includes Creek and Okfuskee counties, said Friday that he has filed court documents requesting that Sweat be eligible for the death penalty if found guilty of murder in any of these killings. "We feel that we are in an appropriate position to go forward in this case," Cook said Friday, referring to the case of the two girls. Neighbors and relatives described Taylor and Skyla as nearly inseparable, often playing together after school, riding their bikes and sleeping at each others' houses. They were at Taylor's house the night of June 8, when they set off about 5 p.m. for a walk down the road. Soon thereafter, Taylor's grandfather made a futile attempt to call her on her cell phone. He found the two girls about 30 minutes later, lying side-by-side in a ditch about a quarter-mile from the home, police said. Six weeks after the slayings, Oklahoma authorities released a 911 tape in which a breathless, nearly hysterical woman -- identified only as a family member of one of the victims -- is heard screaming, "Somebody killed two girls." ::snipping2:: On September 30, a $5,000 reward was offered for information on "the Glock .40 model 22 handgun used in the Weleetka girls' homicides," the state investigation bureau noted on its website. A serial number was given for that weapon, one of two linked to the girls' deaths. Ballistics tests determined that the .40-caliber shell casings found at the crime scene, matched those found on the property of Curtis Sweat, Kevin's father, the affidavit said. Investigators determined the serial number of the gun, which had been sold to Sweat. In his September interview, the suspect admitted that he'd purchased the Glock .40 gun in 2007. Authorities on Friday reiterated their plea for the public's help in tracking down this firearm, which they said Sweat may have tried to sell in March at a Tulsa gun show. Two photos of the suspect were also released: one taken around the time of the Weleetka killings and the other a mug shot after he was charged in his girlfriend's death. "We hope that, by releasing (those photos), it will spark someone's memory of seeing Mr. Sweat around the scene of (Taylor and Skyla's) murder," Florence said. Video at Link Title: Man charged in Death of 2 Oklahoma girls Post by: Toler on December 09, 2011, 07:06:59 PM -- A 25-year-old Oklahoma man was charged Friday with murder in the deaths of two girls who were found about three and a half years ago, shot to death in a ditch alongside a remote country road.
"We don't believe that he knew (the slain girls) directly," Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Director Stan Florence said Friday of Kevin Sweat. "We just believe that he happened to be in the area that day." According to a probable cause affidavit, Sweat told investigators on September 13 that he'd been driving his Chevrolet Cavalier where the girls were found when he saw "two monsters" come at him. ::snipping2:: http://www.ktvq.com/news/man-charged-in-deaths-of-2-oklahoma-girls-left-in-ditch/ Hey ya' Toler ::HelloKitty:: We've got a thread started already for this case. I'm going to merge yours with it. ::bee:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: cartfly on December 09, 2011, 09:25:25 PM Finally!!!! Thanks Monkeys for the updates, I just saw this on a news feed. This case has bothered me for quite awhile.
::MonkeyAngel::RIP Skyla and Taylor, justice is being served finally ::MonkeyAngel:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: labubske on December 09, 2011, 09:42:21 PM I am so glad that this case is finally moving forward. Prayers are with the family.
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: MuffyBee on December 09, 2011, 09:57:08 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/25-year-old-oklahoma-man-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-deaths-of-2-weleetka-girls/2011/12/09/gIQAD9lgiO_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop
Man charged with first-degree murder in deaths of 2 girls shot on remote Oklahoma road December 9, 2011 Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: cartfly on December 09, 2011, 10:26:13 PM I smell an insanity plea coming on.....
::snipping2:: http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Charges-filed-in-murder-of-Weleetka-girls/jzD60Ca3P0-_bFYvGDCCmQ.cspx (http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Charges-filed-in-murder-of-Weleetka-girls/jzD60Ca3P0-_bFYvGDCCmQ.cspx) Charges filed in murder of Weleetka girls 12/9/2011 The affidavit states the lead agent interviewed Sweat on September 13th and read him his MIranda Rights: "Sweat said that on June 2008, during the afternoon, he was driving his black Chevrolet Cavalier car on North 3890 Road in Okfuskee County. Sweat pulled over on the side of the road and saw "two monsters." Sweat then "panicked" and grabbed his Glock .40 caliber handgun from between the seats of his car. Sweat then "shot the monsters" with his Glock handgun. Sweat then grabbed his ".22 caliber" gun from the glove box and "shot the monsters" with his .22 caliber gun. Sweat then got back in his car and left. Sweat told OSBI that he shot the "monsters" with the Glock handgun that he had purchased in 2007 while living in Henryetta." The affidavit states the gun was sold to a gun dealer in Oklahoma in 2006 and Sweat bought that gun in 2007. "This case took us to locations all over Oklahoma and points outside of our state," says Florence. ::snipping2:: Timeline of the Weleetka investigation from the arrest affidavit: June 2008 Weleetka girls killed, investigator found .40 caliber shell casings from same gun Jan. 2010 OSBI received info Sweat purchased .40 caliber gun in fall 2007 Jan. 21st Sweat interviewed by OSBI and said he sold .40 cal gun in 2007 Aug. 22nd OSBI went to Sweat's father's property near Weleetka and learned Sweat shot guns in the area and recovered .40 caliber shell casings OSBI tested the shell casings and matched them to shell casings from the Weleetka murders OSBI traced the .40 caliber gun owned by Sweat to gun dealer and found the the serial number EKG463US Sept. 2011 FBI and ATF find gun had been sold to OK dealer in 2006, gun eventually purchased by Sweat Sept. 13, OSBI interviews Sweat. Miranda rights read: Sweat said that on June 2008, during the afternoon, he was driving his black Chevrolet Cavalier car on North 3890 Road in Okfuskee County. Sweat pulled over on the side of the road and saw "two monsters." Sweat then "panicked" and grabbed his Glock .40 caliber handgun from between the seats of his car. Sweat then "shot the monsters" with his Glock handgun. Sweat then grabbed his ".22 caliber" gun from the glove box and "shot the monsters" with his .22 caliber gun. Sweat then got back in his car and left. Sweat told OSBI that he shot the "monsters" with the Glock handgun that he had purchased in 2007 while living in Henryetta. Sept. 30th FBI learns gun with serial number originally was owned by the Baltimore Police Department Oct. 5th, OSBI tested shell casing from that Baltimore .40 cal shell casing and it matched the gun used in Weleetka ::snipping2:: Oct. 5th, OSBI tested shell casing from that Baltimore .40 cal shell casing and it matched the gun used in Weleetka Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: cartfly on December 09, 2011, 10:28:42 PM Arrest affidavit here:
http://www.fox23.com/media/lib/13/0/8/d/08d731ea-f86f-4914-bc49-edc4f219dba3/Affidavit_ss_removed.pdf (http://www.fox23.com/media/lib/13/0/8/d/08d731ea-f86f-4914-bc49-edc4f219dba3/Affidavit_ss_removed.pdf) http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Charges-filed-in-murder-of-Weleetka-girls/jzD60Ca3P0-_bFYvGDCCmQ.cspx (http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Charges-filed-in-murder-of-Weleetka-girls/jzD60Ca3P0-_bFYvGDCCmQ.cspx) Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: MuffyBee on December 09, 2011, 10:28:51 PM You could be right cartfly. Maybe we're seeing an insanity plea coming. ::MonkeyNoNo:: "monsters". Maybe he was on drugs?
Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: cartfly on December 09, 2011, 10:44:11 PM You could be right cartfly. Maybe we're seeing an insanity plea coming. ::MonkeyNoNo:: "monsters". Maybe he was on drugs? sure sounds like he was hallucinating but how would he then remember seeing "monsters" while not under the influence of drugs..... I am not sure how that worksTitle: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: flutter1 on December 12, 2011, 09:24:12 AM You could be right cartfly. Maybe we're seeing an insanity plea coming. ::MonkeyNoNo:: "monsters". Maybe he was on drugs? sure sounds like he was hallucinating but how would he then remember seeing "monsters" while not under the influence of drugs..... I am not sure how that worksDruggies very often remember their hallucinations. I think it is the norm rather than the abnormal. My daughter has told me about some of the hallucinations she had on meth. Didn't he pick up the shells at the crime scene? I seem to remember that. If so, that will blow any hope for insanity which I don't believe anyway. ::CowboySmiley:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: KittyMom on December 12, 2011, 12:58:05 PM You could be right cartfly. Maybe we're seeing an insanity plea coming. ::MonkeyNoNo:: "monsters". Maybe he was on drugs? Sounds like a pitiful attempt at an insanity defense. Monsters my Azz. ::MonkeyDevil2::Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: flutter1 on December 12, 2011, 01:58:00 PM This is the original description of suspect from page one of this thread:
Quote The man is described as an American Indian, about 6 feet tall, with black hair and a ponytail stretching to the small of his back. Investigators say the man was seen standing near a white Ford or Chevrolet single cab pickup with chrome striping and an Oklahoma license tag around the time and place the girls were shot. Just goes to show how incorrect eye-witness testimony can be. And I was wrong in my post above, there was brass recovered from the crime scene. Just goes to show how incorrect my memory can be. ::CowboySmiley:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: flutter1 on December 13, 2011, 02:08:50 PM Quote Charges in Weleetka killings a testament to investigators' diligence The Oklahoman Editorial Published: December 13, 2011 FOR three-and-a-half years, the families of Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Paschal-Placker wondered whether anyone would be held accountable for the girls' murders, which scared and frustrated those in the small Okfuskee County town where they lived. Charges in Weleetka killings a testament to investigators' diligence Three-and-a-half years is a long time. Taylor, 13 when she was killed, would be driving now. Skyla, who was 11, would be starting high school. The painful wait ended Friday when authorities filed first-degree murder charges against a man who was being held for another murder. Kevin Sweat, 25, told an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent that he panicked when the girls — he called them “monsters” — approached his vehicle on June 8, 2008. The best friends, out for a walk not far from Taylor's home, were shot 13 times with two weapons. http://newsok.com/charges-in-weleetka-killings-a-testament-to-investigators-diligence/article/3631451 (http://newsok.com/charges-in-weleetka-killings-a-testament-to-investigators-diligence/article/3631451) I do not think that this was a "random" killing or that Sweat saw "monsters." I believe this was a revenge killing -- what the revenge was for, I don't know, but I believe there was malice in his action. ::CowboySmiley:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: flutter1 on January 04, 2012, 10:58:57 AM Quote Judge considers gag order for Sweat case Posted: 01/03/2012 OKFUSKEE COUNTY, Okla. - On Tuesday, a judge will consider the defense attorney's request for a gag order in the case of Kevin Sweat. ::snipping2:: Sweat's attorneys say they're asking for a gag order because pretrial publicity has been damaging to the case. ::snipping2:: http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/state/judge-considers-gag-order-for-sweat-case (http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/state/judge-considers-gag-order-for-sweat-case) Hmmmm, he leaves his incriminating blog up on Deviant Art for months and now he is worried about something being said that might incriminated the scumbag. ::MonkeyMad:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: KittyMom on January 04, 2012, 12:29:14 PM hmmm....does the POS have a black eye? Sure looks like it.
(http://media2.kjrh.com//photo/2011/12/13/Sweat_pleads_not_guilt0c6feccd-6184-463e-8146-b4179b1561670000_20111213165518_320_240.JPG) http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/state/judge-considers-gag-order-for-sweat-case Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: Sister on January 04, 2012, 12:36:04 PM hmmm....does the POS have a black eye? Sure looks like it. pity(http://media2.kjrh.com//photo/2011/12/13/Sweat_pleads_not_guilt0c6feccd-6184-463e-8146-b4179b1561670000_20111213165518_320_240.JPG) http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/state/judge-considers-gag-order-for-sweat-case Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: flutter1 on January 04, 2012, 12:45:14 PM hmmm....does the POS have a black eye? Sure looks like it. (http://media2.kjrh.com//photo/2011/12/13/Sweat_pleads_not_guilt0c6feccd-6184-463e-8146-b4179b1561670000_20111213165518_320_240.JPG) http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/state/judge-considers-gag-order-for-sweat-case Maybe this is the answer. I think the picture is from an earlier court appearance. Quote His attorney confirmed in court, Sweat’s black eye on his right eye came from a jailhouse fight over the weekend. http://www.fox23.com/content/crime/story/Accused-killer-Kevin-Sweat-in-court/8vJQQGFmwUGZ9Vqnpfmq5g.cspx (http://www.fox23.com/content/crime/story/Accused-killer-Kevin-Sweat-in-court/8vJQQGFmwUGZ9Vqnpfmq5g.cspx) I wish I could have helped who ever gave him the shiner. ::CowboySmiley:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: flutter1 on January 17, 2012, 10:01:12 AM Parent's of Ashley Taylor express criticism over OSBI's handling of the Whitaker/Placker murder.
http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/special_reports/videos/vid_258.shtml (http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/special_reports/videos/vid_258.shtml) http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/special_reports/videos/vid_255.shtml (http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/special_reports/videos/vid_255.shtml) ::CowboySmiley:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: KittyMom on January 17, 2012, 12:14:32 PM hmmm....does the POS have a black eye? Sure looks like it. (http://media2.kjrh.com//photo/2011/12/13/Sweat_pleads_not_guilt0c6feccd-6184-463e-8146-b4179b1561670000_20111213165518_320_240.JPG) http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/state/judge-considers-gag-order-for-sweat-case Maybe this is the answer. I think the picture is from an earlier court appearance. Quote His attorney confirmed in court, Sweat’s black eye on his right eye came from a jailhouse fight over the weekend. http://www.fox23.com/content/crime/story/Accused-killer-Kevin-Sweat-in-court/8vJQQGFmwUGZ9Vqnpfmq5g.cspx (http://www.fox23.com/content/crime/story/Accused-killer-Kevin-Sweat-in-court/8vJQQGFmwUGZ9Vqnpfmq5g.cspx) I wish I could have helped who ever gave him the shiner. ::CowboySmiley:: Title: Re: Skyla Whitaker 11, Taylor Placker 13, Murdered- Weleetka,OK(Murder Chgs) Post by: Nut44x4 on April 24, 2012, 12:38:42 PM Weleetka killing accused man gets continuance
Last Modified: 4/24/2012 8:10 AM OKEMAH - A judge granted a continuance Monday at a preliminary hearing for a man who is accused of killing his girlfriend last summer and two girls near Weleetka in 2008. ::snipping2:: Okfuskee County District Judge David Martin rescheduled Sweat's preliminary hearing in the Taylor case for May 22. Martin said at Monday's hearing that prosecutors provided Sweat's defense lawyers last week with more than 1,000 pages of discovery documents. Martin said he felt "compelled by case law and a sense of fairness" to postpone the hearing to give the defense a chance to examine the evidence. ::snipping2:: more http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=14&articleid=20120424_11_A9_CUTLIN304967 |