GUILTY OK - Kathleen Wilkins Meyer, 60, murdered, Chandler, 14 Nov 2014

Kathy Wilkins Myers' body was discovered Friday morning inside one of her outbuildings, and News 9 is told she was dressed for work, supposedly about to head to Oklahoma City...

“Supposedly fell off a ladder and died,” the friend said. But those who knew Myers don't believe that's what happened. “She would have never been in that tack room on a ladder in her best clothes,” she said...

Warren said his daughter recently divorced, and her ex-husband is now staying in the home. That man has not been named a suspect. “He wasn't allowed to come around the property at all and now, all of a sudden, it's his,” said the friend.

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Law enforcement officers began investigating the suspicious death of a Chandler woman two months ago and, on Wednesday, that woman’s estranged husband was charged in her death. Kurt Meyer, 57, was charged in Lincoln County District Court with first-degree murder, deliberate intent...

An arrest affidavit shows she was found with frozen blood on her face and scuff marks on the backs of her shoes. Authorities found a broken light bulb on the ground as well as an overturned ladder nearby. Authorities processed the crime scene and found drag marks leading from an entry to an area where the body was located, the document shows, with authorities noting the crime scene had been altered.

Central to the investigation was the fact that she was going through a divorce with her estranged husband, the warrant shows, with investigators later discounting Meyer’s reported alibi for the time his wife died. Also found were notes indicating a possible plan to drug someone, the warrant shows.

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“Supposedly fell off a ladder and died"

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The body of Kathleen Meyer, 60, was discovered around 9:20 a.m., on Nov. 14, in a horse tack room on the estranged couple’s 240-acre horse and cattle ranch...

If convicted, the crime of murder in the first degree, with deliberate intent, is punishable by death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for life without parol.

Meyers is currently being held without bond and the matter is set for initial appearance and a pre-preliminary hearing on Feb. 19.

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On Friday, after many delays, a preliminary hearing judge agreed prosecutors have enough evidence against Meyer, now 58, for a trial.

Lincoln County Special Judge Dawson Engle ruled after hearing the testimony of two women who admitted they had been prostitutes and Meyer had been a customer.

The first, Alyson Loue, now 21, testified Meyer offered her $3,000 to be his alibi... She also said he drugged her in October 2014 at his house/office, giving her orange juice that tasted really odd.

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Kurt A. Meyer, 60, was found guilty of first-degree murder. It took the jury only one hour to convict Meyer on two weeks' worth of evidence presented at trial. Jurors chose life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment.

Meyer showed no reaction when the verdict was announced. Teary-eyed friends and family of the victim hugged and shook hands outside the courtroom afterward.

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Court records show the jury recommended Meyer should serve life in prison without parole.

A pre-sentence investigation has been ordered and formal sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 5.

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A Chandler man convicted of first-degree murder by a jury over the summer and then sentenced earlier this month to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole has filed a certificate of appeal in his case, court records show.

The trial for Kurt Arthur Meyer, 60, lasted two weeks in late June and formal sentencing was held Sept. 5.

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