Tagged: Murder

A 20-year-old Tulsa man has been charged with first-degree murder in his mother’s death. William Matthew Stick was arrested earlier this month after his mother, Veronica Stick, was found on her front porch with a stab wound. Stick is being held without bond in a Tulsa County jail.

Veronica Stick was the church secretary for the All Souls Unitarian Church in South Tulsa. Her son, William, also worked there as the church janitor.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a Tulsa businessman in a murder-for-hire plot.

Opening statements and testimony were scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of Terrico Bethel, who is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the killing of Neal Sweeney.

Prosecutors allege Bethel shot Sweeney at Sweeney's business, Retail Fuels Marketing, on Sept. 4, 2008. The 63-year-old died the next day.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after two people were found dead in a Tahlequah home.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says police were called to the home Wednesday night to do a welfare check. Once there, officers discovered two people dead inside the home.

OSBI says the bodies of the man and woman both showed signs of significant trauma.

Investigators are working to confirm the identities of the two people. No one has been arrested.