Wister News

POTEAU/HEAVENER - The parents of a slain wister woman are defending their daughter and dispelling rumors, all while trying to keep the public focused on finding her killer.

Prosecutors have filed a murder charge against a man in a homicide probe that began more than a year ago.

An medical examiner soon will sign off on the cause of death of Jody Rilee-Wilson, a Roxbury native whose body was found under suspicious circumstances near an Oklahoma state Park in early May.

WISTER a ' Authorities are seeking help from the public in their investigation of a Wister womana TMs unsolved death.

Officials in Oklahoma and New Jersey are asking for help in finding the person or persons responsible for the death of a woman whose body was found in LeFlore County last month.

By JAMES BEATY SENIOR EDITOR Attorneys at Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson's office were checking state statutes early today to determine whether the state has laws on the books allowing for civil confinement of sex offenders.

The 4-year-old child victim of convicted rapist David Earls did not have an independent representative from CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, looking out for her interests as the case made its way through the court system.

By KANDRA WELLS STAFF WRITER A second woman has come forward as a former victim of convicted child rapist David Earls, joining his daughter to speak out about his sentence last month in the rape of a young girl.

Authorities in Oklahoma and New Jersey are investigating the death last month of Jody Rilee-Wilson. Her body was discovered on May 8 in the area of Poteau Mountain near Heavener Runestone State Park.

The Morris County Sheriff's office Tuesday announced it is offering up to $10,000 for information that could lead to police solving the suspicious death of a 2003 Roxbury High School graduate whose body was found near an Oklahoma state park last month.

Jody Rilee-Wilson's Chevrolet Blazer was found last week in the parking lot of the Pig Out Palace in Henryetta, Okla., according to news reports, and investigators said the car had been in the lot between three and four weeks.

Jun 15, 2009 4:51 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan ROXBURY, N.J. 1 of 1 23-year-old Jody Rilee-Wilson, who grew up in New Jersey, was found dead on May 8. Her badly decomposed body was discovered in an Oklahoma state park, about 10 miles from where she lived with her husband and five-month-old baby.

The state's attorney general said this morning he is heading up an inquiry into the local prosecution and sentencing of a child rapist.

A local judge lambasted on a national news show for his sentence in a child's rape says the program used erroneous information, even though he tried to correct a participant who called him beforehand.

A road that was closed when an Oklahoma lake flooded has finally reopened. Highway 270 has been closed for more than two weeks because of flooding at Lake Wister.

Choctaw Nation District No. 4 recently held their annual Miss Princess Pageant in the Choctaw Investment Center at Poteau.

By Laura Young, Managing Editor The body of Joe Neff was discovered by two fishermen Sunday evening.

Friends and family of a missing Le Flore County bar owner continued to searching land near his saloon on Saturday.

A Wister man who raped and sodomized a 5-year-old girl last year has been sentenced to a year in prison.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is still working on a case involving a suspicious death in Leflore County.