Dakota Cheyenne Hughes 11, of OK, Found strangled 10/18/09 (One Arrest)

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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/OK_Girl_Killed.html

October 24, 2009

Services held for slain Cartwright girl

CARTWRIGHT, Okla. — An 11-year-old girl killed at a relative's home in Cartwright is being laid to rest.

Funeral services were held Saturday in Cartwright for Dakota Cheyenne Hughes, and a graveside service followed at a cemetery in Pilot Point, Texas.

Her body was found last Sunday at her aunt's home in Cartwright, and the state medical examiner's office says she likely was strangled.

A friend of the aunt — 34-year-old Jason Lee Belew — was arrested later that day in Sherman, Texas. He's being held without bond on a first-degree murder charge, and prosecutors have indicated they plan to seek the death penalty.

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http://www.heralddemocrat.com/hd/News/2009_10-22_news_Cartwright-girl-strangled
Updated Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:09 AM

Details released about slain Cartwright, Okla. girl
BY JERRIE WHITELEY

HERALD DEMOCRAT



While authorities transferred Jason Lee Belew from the Grayson County Jail to the jail in Durant Wednesday, the medical examiner released details about the death of the little girl Belew stands accused of killing.

Belew appeared before a judge in Bryan County late Wednesday and was denied bond.

Renee Steward with the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office said preliminary autopsy reports show that Dakota Hughes, 11, of Cartwright died from asphyxiation by strangulation. The medical examiner is ruling the manner of death a homicide.
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[Ariana]

God Bless Texas and their Death Penalty

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God Bless Texas and their Death Penalty

Amen to that!

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http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/11YearOld_Girl_Strangled_Expe?obref=obnetwork

11-Year-Old Girl Strangled, Expert Says
Texan Man Held As Suspect

Published : Thursday, 22 Oct 2009, 9:46 AM CDT

Dakota Cheyenne Hughes

CARTWRIGHT, Okla. - The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says an 11-year-old girl found dead in her aunt's home in southern Oklahoma was likely strangled.

Dakota Hughes was found dead early Sunday by her aunt in Cartwright. A spokeswoman for the medical examiner says the probable cause of death was asphyxiation by strangulation.

Authorities have arrested Jason Lee Belew of Sherman, Texas, and prosecutors have charged him with first-degree murder in the girl's death.

Authorities say Belew was a friend of the girl's aunt.

Belew is currently being held in the Bryan County jail. It wasn't known if he has yet hired an attorney.