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“Thankful they are investigating, that justice can hopefully be served for sister Carol,” Pendarvis said. Pendarvis was part of the effort to have the memorial put in place for Daniels. “It has been very heartbreaking that they haven’t found who did that to such a beautiful soul,” said Daniels’ friend, Kym Pendarvis, who lives in Anadarko. NewsChannel 4 has requested comment from the Caddo County District Attorney, Jason Hicks, but have not yet heard back. NewsOK reports Cooper died from cancer earlier this year. The grand jury was hearing testimony about Denise Kay Cooper.Ĭourt documents indicate Cooper has been convicted of assault and battery charges and distribution of a controlled substance.Įven if the grand jury finds there is evidence Cooper played a role in Daniels’ murder, she will never go before a judge in the case. Sources close to the investigation later confirmed this to NewsChannel 4. No arrests were ever made in the case, but it seems a grand jury may be looking into an alleged suspect.Īccording to NewsOK, the state’s multi-county grand jury looked into whether a drug dealer played a role in Daniels’ death. “It’s just a matter of being able to find the leads and follow those leads, and we will continue to do that until we bring justice to Carol Daniels’ and her family.” “We want to solve this case as badly as anyone wants us to solve it,” Jessica Brown, with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, told NewsChannel 4 in 2012. While investigators continued to investigate the case, they said they received very few leads over the years. “It’s just horrible, not knowing, who did it and that your family is left with that, it’s horrible.”Īt the time, the brutal crime sent shock waves through the small town of. “As a matter of fact, it did the other day,” said Owens. “Does it come up in conversation at all?” NewsChannel 4’s Bill Miston asked Owens of Daniels’ killing.

Police reports state Daniels’ body was posed in the form of a cross.Īll remnants of that day are gone - as is Worthy Temple Christ Holy Sanctified Church – saved for the memorial in Daniels’ remembrance. Owens lives two houses down from Daniels’ former house of worship, Worthy Temple Christ Holy Sanctified Church, where her body was found on August 23, 2009, a Sunday.Īn autopsy report indicated Daniels had been stabbed several times and her head was nearly severed from her body. “It’s just horrible, not knowing, who did it and that your family is left with that, it’s horrible,” said Shaney Owens, who moved to Anadarko in 2011. Only recently, with reports of a grand jury being convened to look further into the matter, has the slaying touched people’s tongues once again. One that didn’t fall to earth Wednesday with the morning’s rains and subsequent gloomy skies, but one that has been stagnate over the city since Pastor Carol Daniels was slain inside her small church nearly eight years ago.

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĪNADARKO, Okla. Pewenofkit admitted he sexually abused a minor under 16 on rural Indian land near Anadarko in June 1997.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. District Judge Tim Leonard, who sentenced him to eight years and three months. attorney's office for the Western District of Oklahoma said Tuesday that Joey Michael Pewenofkit, 20, also was ordered to pay $5,267 in restitution to the victim's parent and for the victim's medical and counseling costs. The cause of death was not known, pending an investigation by the medical examiner.Ī federal judge sentenced an Anadarko man to more than eight years in prison for sexually abusing a minor. Troopers did not know if Walker was wearing a seat belt. He was found in a ditch by a passing motorist. The patrol said Walker apparently got out of the vehicle and walked about a mile before collapsing. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Walker was northbound when his car swerved and hit a guardrail. in a house about six miles southeast of Keota.Ī Mangum man died early Tuesday after a crash on State Highway 34 in Jackson County.Įrnest McRay Walker, 60, was dead a short distance from the scene of the 1:15 a.m. KEOTA - A preliminary hearing has been set March 26 for a man accused of shooting to death his ex-wife and her brother Saturday night, authorities said Tuesday.ĭennis Holt, 37, remained in the Haskell County jail facing two charges of first-degree murder in the slayings of Mary Holt and her brother, Floyd Roberts.