Bodies of Woman, 4 Children Found in Oklahoma Apartment

[SuziQ]

The woman's recently divorced from husband showed up at the scene, after LE arrived. That probably indicates he's not involved. But if he was involved in any way, that's a gutsy move.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479765,00.html

(snip)
El Reno police received a call about 4 p.m. to check on the welfare of occupants of a unit at the Elizabeth Place Apartments near Oklahoma 66 and U.S. 81, said Jessica Brown, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
"An officer went inside the residence and found multiple dead bodies," Brown said. "He backed out and called for help."
Investigators believe the victims are a woman and her four children, who ranged in age from two to seven, Brown said.

[SuziQ]

http://www.koco.com/news/18466097/detail.html

(snip)
The OSBI is also looking for the mother's 1989 white Ford Thunderbird that has damage to the front end. Investigators said they had a person of interest in the case by 10 p.m.

Jason Garas, the woman's ex-husband and the father of at least one of the children, told Eyewitness News 5 he believes a man was staying at the apartment.

[SewingDeb]

So, they think the suspect is driving the woman's car now...I hope they find that person soon.

I have to try really hard not to feel the horror those children and their mother felt.

[LaLaw2000]

I just get so sick of these senseless deaths. I hope LE finds are able to arrest this POS murderer fast!

There are too many mothers and children being murdered by husbands, ex-husbands, and boyfriends.

:furious:

[Larkin]

I don't get the not having a license number on the vehicle. Can't the DMV pull it up for them?

[MeoW333]

"SCRANTON, Kan. | The Kansas fire marshal says arson caused the fire at a home where three children and one adult were found dead.The fire was reported at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the northeast Kansas town of Scranton, located in Osage County about 20 miles southwest of Topeka.
Details on the victims, the arson and what caused the deaths had not been released late Monday."
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/978240.html

The people living in the house were a husband, wife and their 3 children. 4 bodies found, that means one of them is missing..

[MeoW333]

"Osage County sheriff's officials remained tight-lipped about the incident Monday night, other than to confirm the bodies of one adult and three children had been found inside the home, located at 212 S. Lawrence Ave., on the east edge of town."
http://cjonline.com/stories/011309/kan_376779749.shtml

I hope it's not another case of a husband killing his family.. =(

[colette]

I hope it's not another case of a husband killing his family.. =(


I hope not either, but chances are it's the husband who is missing. Thanks for bringing the case to our attention MeoW.

[colette]

One of the comments from the story.. "My daughter is a neighbor and knows the family. From the story she has been told, the father shot the kids and then set the fire and shot himself."

Still the father is the killer if they are right. (The mother was at work from comments.)

[cynsational]

OKLAHOMA TAG #WRQ 590. Suspect was last seen in victims 1989 White Ford Thunderbird. Suspect was boyfriend of victim. Last seen going west in Clinton, Ok truckstop (on I40 going towards Amarillo from OKC). Looking for Joshua Durcho. Court records show he was in prison 2003-2007 for drugs.
If seen please call: 1-800-522-8017

http://www.koco.com/news/18466097/detail.html

DOC PICS (9 PICS SHOWN) AND CRIMINAL RECORD:
http://docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=449079&offender_book_id=259016

[thefragile7393]

http://tucson.cox.net/cci/newsnational/national?_mode=view&_state=maximized&view=article&id=D95MDBL00&_action=validatearticle
THis is what i found
~snipped
The victims were identified as Summer Garas, 25; daughters Kirsten Rust, 7; Autumn Rust, 6; and Evynn Garas, 3; and son Teagin Rust, 4. Court records show that Summer Garas and her husband, Jason Garas, were divorced on Dec. 10.

[fran]

What does it mean on the neck tatoos, "Tribal?"

:confused:
fran

PS....Those poor children. That poor ex-husband(s)! :(

[lew657]

What does it mean on the neck tatoos, "Tribal?"

:confused:
fran



Tribal tatoos are symbols (traditionally tribal symbols). If you google the term you will get examples.

[fran]

Tribal tatoos are symbols (traditionally tribal symbols). If you google the term you will get examples.


Thank you.

Quite a wide variety.

fran

[rccook555]

I belive this is Josh Durcho's MySpace page...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=386326967

ETA.. also a pic is posted of him now on ...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479765,00.html

Summer's MySpace page ...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=51897708

[MeoW333]

I hope not either, but chances are it's the husband who is missing. Thanks for bringing the case to our attention MeoW.

Your welcome, any cases i come across that i feel may be of interest to Websleuthians, i will post. Looks like the husband is the culprit in this one :furious:
It's so selfish, its sounds horrible, yet why not these husbands just kill themselves, rather than massacre their whole families, it's so sad.

[MeoW333]

I belive this is Josh Durcho's MySpace page...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=386326967

ETA.. also a pic is posted of him now on ...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479765,00.html

Summer's MySpace page ...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=51897708

(From the top link the myspace) sounds like he may be a tattoo artist:

""If you got the skin I got the ink b*tchezz""
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=386326967

[Sheromom]

Oh my; if so, I cannot imagine the pain of the mother. I know for sure I'd rather go with all my children.

[cynsational]

Summer Rust, 25, and her four young children were found dead inside their El Reno apartment. Children are 7-year-old Kirsten Rust, 6-year-old Autumn Rust, 4-year-old Teagin Rust and 3-year-old Evynn Garas.

http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=9664861

[chicoliving]

A man being sought in connection with the deaths of an Oklahoma woman and her four young children was captured in Texas on Tuesday night, authorities said.

Joshua Steven Durcho, 25, was taken into custody in Texas' Hamilton County, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.

http://cbs13.com/national/Joshua.Steven.Durcho.2.907683.html

[fran]

A man being sought in connection with the deaths of an Oklahoma woman and her four young children was captured in Texas on Tuesday night, authorities said.

Joshua Steven Durcho, 25, was taken into custody in Texas' Hamilton County, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.

http://cbs13.com/national/Joshua.Steven.Durcho.2.907683.html

Thank you chico!

What a sad case.

Why?

:(
fran

[colette]

So sad, I guess the killer was her "bad boy" boyfriend who has been in and out of jail his entire adult life. This article says Summer, the mother was nice to everyone... picture of the killer enclosed.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BODIES_FOUND?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

[jblfelines]

Looks like they got the perp.
http://cbs4.com/topstories/Joshua.Steven.Durcho.2.907683.html

EL RENO, Okla. (AP) ―
A man being sought in connection with the deaths of an Oklahoma woman and her four young children was captured in Texas on Tuesday night, authorities said.

Joshua Steven Durcho, 25, was taken into custody in Texas' Hamilton County, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.

[cynsational]

A KOCO broadcast just said the cause of death was asphyxiation. The suspect was caught after wrecking the car.
How can someone strangle a mom and four children? What a monster.

[oceanblueeyes]

Your welcome, any cases i come across that i feel may be of interest to Websleuthians, i will post. Looks like the husband is the culprit in this one :furious:
It's so selfish, its sounds horrible, yet why not these husbands just kill themselves, rather than massacre their whole families, it's so sad.

Durcho wasn't married to her, was he?

imoo

[lizzybeth]

I guess it doesn't necessarily mean he manually smothered the mother and her four children. He could have used some type of gas.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=asphyxiation

[rccook555]

EL RENO, Okla. -- An El Reno man choked a young mother and her four children to death, according to a police affidavit released Wednesday morning.

Joshua Steven Durcho, 25, is being held with no bond in Hamilton County, Texas, in the deaths of Summer Garas, 25, and her daughters, Kirsten Rust, 7; Autumn Rust, 6; and Evynn Garas, 3; and her son, Teagin Rust, 4.

A hearing was scheduled for 9 a.m

More at link
http://www.koco.com/cnn-news/18466097/detail.html

[cynsational]

I guess it doesn't necessarily mean he manually smothered the mother and her four children. He could have used some type of gas.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=asphyxiation

Local broadcasts on KFOR and KOCO have reported he confessed to a friend about choking Summer to death. The ME has released COD on Summer and 4 year old Teagin as having been strangled with a ligature. Autopsies not complete yet on the other 3 children.

http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=9664861
http://www.koco.com/cnn-news/18466097/detail.html

[believe09]

What kind of strength does it take to strangle 5 people to death in one house?

[lizzybeth]

Not so much being as four of them were small children. I still don't understand how he could have strangled all of them by himself. The oldest was seven, she could have ran for help. Were they asleep when he killed their mother? Then he one by one killed them?

[Larkin]

"SCRANTON, Kan. | The Kansas fire marshal says arson caused the fire at a home where three children and one adult were found dead.The fire was reported at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the northeast Kansas town of Scranton, located in Osage County about 20 miles southwest of Topeka.
Details on the victims, the arson and what caused the deaths had not been released late Monday."
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/978240.html

The people living in the house were a husband, wife and their 3 children. 4 bodies found, that means one of them is missing..

Why was this post (and the subsequent ones) in this thread? They're not the same crime, not even the same state (one in Kansas, one in Oklahoma.)

[MeoW333]

Why was this post (and the subsequent ones) in this thread? They're not the same crime, not even the same state (one in Kansas, one in Oklahoma.)

Ever since you joined Websleuths, Larkin, you've been very bitter regarding different cases you've posted about. Is there anything in your personal life bothering you that you'd like to talk about in the "Parking Lot" forum?
I've noticed this, and i hope other posters notice it as well.

[MeoW333]

Larkin, that was were my missing post was lol i had meant to start a new thread and put it in here. Why do you get so angry over minor things?

[MeoW333]

http://newsok.com/article/3338790

"Before Summer Rust died and prosecutors charged her boyfriend in connection with her death and the deaths of her four children, the 25-year-old mother had been attending domestic violence and sexual assault education classes."

[SeriouslySearching]

Josh Durcho, 25, is charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths in El Reno. He listed ICP — short for Insane Clown Posse — as his only musical interest on the Web site MySpace.

On one arm he has tattooed the words "Wicked Clown’o.”

http://www.newsok.com/el-reno-suspect-cites-brutal-music/article/3338792%20?custom_click=lead_story_title

[MeoW333]

This is one of many times we've seen killers who affiliate themselves with that Insane Clown Posse group and the like!:mad: They call themselves "juggalos"

[Bobbisangel]

Larkin, that was were my missing post was lol i had meant to start a new thread and put it in here. Why do you get so angry over minor things?

She doesn't sound angry to me...just asking a question. I was going to ask the same question because I was reading about one family and then the whole article changed and was talking about someone else. It got pretty confusing. No one is mad about it though. Just took a bit to figure out that it was two different familys that had been murdered.

[Bobbisangel]

He was the boyfriend...why would he have wanted to murder those little kids?
He wouldn't be hurting the mother by killing her children because he killed her too. It just doesn't make any sense. I don't think he had a history of violence did he? I know he had been in plenty of trouble but nothing violent. What in the world set him off? Maybe she told him to hit the road and he didn't like it.
I hope this mom didn't have to watch her children murdered one by one.

This one should get the death penalty...five people :furious:

[cynsational]

This POS sexually assaulted the two little girls prior to murdering them.
Complaint can be read here:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.newsok.com/documents/m19durchodoc0001.pdf

Story:

http://newsok.com/prosecutors-will-seek-death-in-el-reno-killings/article/3371123?custom_click=lead_story_title

I am sure he will get the death penalty in Oklahoma. Oklahoma executes prisoners at a higher rate per capita than any other state and most nations including China and Iran.

[southcitymom]

Thank you for this update, cynsational. What a terrible and sad case this is.

[Texas Mist]

this monster is such a POS, he made the 'people you'll see in hell' list:

http://pysih.com/2009/01/13/joshua-steven-durcho/

informative write-up here & pics

[JoeFromLB]

Summer Rust, 25, her daughters Kirsten Rust, 7, Autumn Rust, 7, and Evynn Garas, 3, and son Teagin Rust, 4, were found strangled Jan. 12 in their El Reno apartment. Officials arrested Rust’s boyfriend, Joshua Steven Durcho, 26, a day later after he crashed Summer Rust’s car near Waco, Texas.

Durcho, who remains jailed in Canadian County without bail, faces a trial April 5 on five murder counts. A judge in October denied a defense challenge to the death penalty.

http://newsok.com/hearings-are-planned-in-several-2009-oklahoma-cases/article/3429229

[mae]

It is the one year anniversary of the murders and senseless deaths of Summer Rust, Kirsten Rust, Autumn Rust, Evynn Garas and Taegin Rust. My friend posted this video in honor of Summer Rust and her children, and I thought I would share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSL0RKAfe7g

A newsfeed of information about the case
http://newsok.com/news/elrenomurders