Stacy Lee Drake, 50, was taken into custody round 10 a.m. in a wooded space in Morrilton, state police mentioned. He was apprehended “with out incident,” the company mentioned in a short assertion.
Morrilton Mayor Allen Lipsmeyer instructed CBS Fort Smith, Arkansas affiliate KFSM-TV, “We had been so blessed that … he was capable of be apprehended with out anyone (else) getting harm. … He is in custody in the present day and hopefully he is not going to be set free for an extended, very long time.”
Drake is needed in reference to homicides and carjackings in Oklahoma, Arkansas State Police mentioned. They mentioned he is additionally wished on different felony warrants from a number of jurisdictions on fees together with aggravated theft, carjacking and homicide.
A person and a girl had been discovered lifeless inside a enterprise close to Gans, Oklahoma, close to the Arkansas state line, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation mentioned. Both had accidents in line with murder, and the company mentioned Drake is an individual of curiosity.
Arkansas authorities initially mentioned Drake was wished in three Oklahoma homicides, however OSBI spokesperson Hunter McKee mentioned Thursday that Drake has been related solely to the 2 within the Gans space.
“We’re nonetheless investigating what else the suspect might need been concerned in,” McKee mentioned, however he added that Drake was not wished for another Oklahoma slayings.
The our bodies of the 2 victims had been despatched to the state medical expert for identification and to find out the causes of their deaths, the OSBI mentioned.
Drake’s final recognized deal with was in Birmingham, Alabama. He was being held Thursday within the Conway County Detention Center in Arkansas.
Drake had an extradition listening to scheduled for Friday morning, the jail’s administrator mentioned. It wasn’t instantly clear if Drake had an legal professional.
In Alabama, Drake is accused of killing Russell Andrews on May 14, based on the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Capt. Jack Kennedy of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit mentioned there’s a warrant for Drake on a homicide cost. News shops reported that Andrews, 62, was discovered lifeless contained in the Alcoholics Anonymous constructing.
Tuscaloosa authorities mentioned Andrews’ car was stolen when he was killed and was picked up by cameras hours later because it was being pushed on an interstate close to the Arkansas-Oklahoma border.
