TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a man faces murder charges after the bodies of his girlfriend and two residents of Sharp County, Arkansas, were found buried in northeastern Oklahoma.
Court documents show Robert Edwin Lewis (pictured), 61, of Stilwell, Okla., faces three first-degree murder charges.
Authorities found the bodies of his girlfriend, Deanna Tippey of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, and Quinley Lamb and Brian Shackleford from Sharp County, Arkansas, on Friday and Saturday.
The discovery came after Lamb’s brother and Lewis’ ex-girlfriend reported that they had found one body on land owned by Lewis.
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Image via Cherokee County Oklahoma Sheriff’s Department
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