Posted on 02/03/2014 6:07:53 AM PST by marktwain
I have to admit being taken aback by this reward poster at the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation website. I can see the utility in grabbing a graphic from the Internet that is unlikely to draw a complaint from the owner. It may even be in the public domain. But I find the juxtaposition of Glock Perfection with a double child murder case to be a little disturbing.
Unless the police agree in advance to pay replacement market value for the gun, a gun owner would be a fool to risk having his gun seized. If the killer got the gun though theft, used it in a crime, and then sold it, the current owner would have no legitimate title to the gun.
Haven’t had enough coffee. Of course, the $5K would pay for replacement. IF the guy turning over the gun actually saw the money.
“If the killer got the gun though theft, used it in a crime, and then sold it, the current owner would have no legitimate title to the gun.”
No, but the owner would have the right to restitution for
the money he spent on the gun.
The weapon will be test fired and ballistics done on the rounds. Who knows how many owners have had that firearm, and what may be in its past. A past the current owner will be suspected of having participated in. (one of several reasons why the only used firearms I own came directly from family members)
Also, he or she will likely never see that weapon again. They better get the $5K so-as to use some to get a replacement weapon.
The case against Kevin Sweat is a lock. This was posted years ago because he said he sold the Glock at a gun show.
He got caught for murdering his girlfriend and confessing to someone else.
More troublesome was they rounded up every Glock 22 in the area of the crime and tested them.
The lock on the case is from matching spent bullets found in his fathers back yard where he practiced.
I believe the killer purchased the gun legitimately. He was tied to the child killings while being investigated for the murder of his fiancée.
Thanks for the information. I thought the connection was from recovered cases. Glocks are notorious for being unable to match bullets to individual guns.
No problem. After many years OSBI became very desperate to find the perp. It was a particularly heinous crime.
Forbes Crime covers it in multi-part story from start to finish. It’s like a mini-novel and a great read.
Murder: Connecting the Dots More than Once in Oklahoma - Part 1
A weird homicide. Some of the details.
According to autopsy reports, Skyla had been shot a total of eight times in the neck, arms, shoulders, chest and abdomen. Taylor had been shot five times in the face, groin and hand.
The county coroner found no signs of sexual assault, but he did find that each of the girls had been shot with two different caliber bullets.
Authorities have identified one of two weapons used in the murder as a .40 Glock model 22. According to OSBI Director Stan Florence, investigators know the weapon, which has serial number EKG463US, was owned by Sweat and was “used in these murders.” Investigators believe Sweat sold the handgun at a gun show in Tulsa in March. The OSBI is offering up to a $5,000 reward for that firearm.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 25-year-old Kevin Sweat, a resident of Henryetta, during a press conference late this afternoon. Already behind bars for the July slaying of his fiancee, Ashley Taylor, now Sweat has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the girls’ deaths.
(The District Attorney) said he will be seeking the death penalty for Sweat.
How it a “Lock” on the case from spent casings? Comparison of a crime scene casing with back yard casings? Comparison of bullets?
Out of an abundance of caution, I'd let my attorney arrange to hand it over to the authorities, upon receipt of certified funds. That would probably eat up most of the $5K, though.
The spent bullets matched those used on the little girls. His statement of killing demons at the bridge didn’t help his case either.
If they don’t have the gun the guy owned now, how did they get a sample bullet to be able to positively identify it was that specific weapon. Did they find bullets in the back yard? I only read ‘casings’.
Okay...it just read like they confirmed it through spent casings and that seemed a little loose with the way to confirm without a doubt.
His target practice in his fathers back yard yielded bullets to match the bullets from the body.
It’s because of the rifling. Most rifling in weapons are cut into the barrels by specialized milling tools. The rifling in Glocks are pressed into the metal by something called drop hammer forging. the barrel blanks are slid onto a forming mandrel and then the rifling is hammered into the blank. this leaves less microscopic toolmarks that gives milled rifling its “signature”. However ejectors and extractor claws probably would give the bullet casing enough of a signature to identify a particular weapon.
CC
Yes. That is my understanding.
As is usually the case, they found the man, that led them to the weapon. Not the other way around.
“How it a “Lock” on the case from spent casings? Comparison of a crime scene casing with back yard casings? Comparison of bullets?”
I think the casings are periferal. He confessed to the killings. Now it is primarily about whether the confession will be allowed in court. If the confession is not allowed, the casings might become important, and it would be useful to have the actual pistol on hand.
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