WANTED: Alabama man accused of killing three in Oklahoma believed to be in Arkansas (2024)

WE'RE TRACKING BREAKING NEWS.... AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR AN ARMED MAN WHO THEY SAY KILLED MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. WE HAVE CREWS IN MORRILTON WHERE SUSPECT STACY LEE DRAKE WAS LAST SEEN. AND IN GANS, OKLAHOMA - WHERE TWO OF THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND. MY CO-ANCHOR, BRANDON EVANS IS LIVE IN GANS WHERE HE TALKED TO ONE OF THE VICTIMS FAMILIES. BRANDON, WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR STACY LEE DRAKE. I JUST TALKED TO ONE OF THE VICTIM'S FAMILIES WHO SAID óóóóó. AUTHORITIES SAY DRAKE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS. HE IS 5 FEET AND 11 INCHES TALL AND WEIGHS 185 POUNDS. AUTHORITIES SAY HE'S KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA. THREE PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA IN TWO SEPARATE CAR JACKINGS. TWO OF THOSE MURDERS COME FROM GANS OKLAHOMA IN SEQUOYAH COUNTY. LOCAL INVESTIGATORS SAY HE'S WANTED IN ALABAMA. HE WAS LAST SEEN AT A MOTEL IN MORRILTON ARKANSAS. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OUR BRETT RAINS- BRETT WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED TODAY? HERE IN MORRILTON, POLICE HAVE BEEN USING A HELICOPTER TO SEARCH FOR STACY DRAKE. POLICE TELL ME THEY THINK HE COULD STILL BE IN THE AREA. WORKERS AT THE MOTEL 6 DID NOT WANT TO TALK ON CAMERA, BUT THEY SAY DRAKE ONLY STAYED HERE A FEW HOURS, WHEN THEY SAW HIM WALKING TOWARDS THE TRUCK-STOP NEXT TO INTERSTATE 40. AS OF RIGHT NOW, POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED ANY NEW SIGHTINGS SINCE LAST NIGHT. MORRILTON ARKANSAS IS ABOUT 110 MILES FROM GANS OKLAHOMA. IT'S WHERE STACY LEE DRAKE WAS LAST SPOTTED TUESDAY NIGHT. SURVEILLANCE PICTURES FROM THE MOTEL 6 IN MORRILTON SHOW DRAKE, WEARING A HAT AND SUNGLASSES, DRESSED IN BLACK, WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. IT'S WHERE POLICE FOUND THIS WHITE áSUVá THAT INVESTIGATORS SAY BELONGED TO ONE OF THE VICTIM'S IN GANS, OKLAHOMA. MOTEL WORKERS WERE NOT CERTAIN BUT SAID DRAKE CHECKED IN AROUND 5:30 OR 6 AND FEW HOURS LATER, HEADING TOWARDS THE BUSY TRUCK STOP NEXT DOOR. THIS PICTURE RELEASED BY POLICE SHOWS HIM WITH A BACKPACK, CARRYING A BAG AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BOX. TUESDAY NIGHT, SEQUOYAH COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THIS PROPANE BUSINEES ON HIGHWAY 64 IN GANS OKLAHOMA. IT'S WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN AND WOMAN DEAD. THE SHERIFF SAYS ON SATURDAY, DEPUTIES FOUND A TRUCK NOT FAR FROM THERE THAT WAS REPORTED STOLEN. THE SHERIFF SAYS THAT TRUCK WAS TAKEN IN EL RENO, OKLAHOMA WHERE ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A CARJACKING. RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS DO NOT KNOW WHAT DRAKE WAS DOING IN THE GANS AREA FOR THREE DAYS UNTIL THE DOUBLE MURDER HAPPENED TUESDAY NIGHT. AND UNTIL DRAKE IS CAUGHT, RESIDENTS IN MORRILTON AND ACROSS THE REGION ARE ASKED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE MAN WHO'S CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. <> "It's a small town. A lot of people leave their doors unlocked and stuff and then the fact that we didn't get notified until 9 this morning." "and this happened last night. That was a whole eight to nine hours of nothing. We didn't even know, we just thought we were in paradise. So it's a little scary." POLICE IN FORT SMITH TELL ME DRAKE IS A SUSPECT IN A HOME INVASION THAT HAPPENED BACK IN 2010, WHERE A COUPLE REPORTED THEY WOKE UP TO A MAN WITH A GUN STANDING OVER THEIR BED, WHO TIED THEM UP AND STOLE THEIR CAR. POLICE SAY DRAKE DOES HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE LOCAL HOMELESS COMMUNITY THERE. AND OF COURSE, UNTIL HE'S FOUND, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HERE AND ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. BRANDON-- BACK TO YOU HERE IN GANS-- POLICE SAY STACY LEE DRAKE KILLED TWO PEOPLE AT A BUSINESS ON HIGHWAY 64. POLICE HAVE MOSTLY LEFT THE SCENE NOW- BUT THIS IS VIDEO FROM THIS MORNING. AS YOU CAN SEE-- A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN THIS SMALL TOWN. AUTHORITIES SAY HE KILLED A MAN AND A WOMAN HERE YESTERDAY EVENING. SOMETHING PEOPLE IN TOWN WOMAN HERE YESTERDAY EVENING. SOMETHING PEOPLE IN TOWN SAY THEY WOULD NEVER EXPECT TO HAPPEN. <> (" it's just just kind of different around here. I mean, like I said, you don't expect that stuff from a small town to happen. And then when it does, I mean, it's kind of a culture shock to everybody and it's just one of those I mean, I want to know what happened and get it figured out. So stuff like that didn't really happen again.") AGAIN- AUTHORITIES SAY STACY LEE DRAKE- MAN ON YOUR SCREEN HAS KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA. THEY SAY HE'S ARMED AND DANGEROUS SO IF YOU SEE HIM CALL 911. AND DO NOT APPROACH HIM. OF COURSE WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRACK DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS INVESTIGATION AND WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST. BACK TO YOU, ALLISON WE'VE BEEN SENDING BREAKING NEWS ALERTS WITH UPDATES ON THIS STORY SINCE IT BROKE LAST NIGHT. -- INCLUDING WHEN POLICE RELEASED NEW PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECT AND WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT HIS PRESENCE IN ARKANSAS. IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE ALERTS, DOWNLOAD THE FREE 40/29 NEWS APP FROM THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE STORES