Monday, April 22nd:
*Preliminary Conference Hearing – (@ 9am CT) – OK - Basher Burks (27) & Ashley Easton (30) (July 10, 2017, Oklahoma City) - *Mario James Normore (27) charged (9/28/18) & arraigned (10/12/18) on 4 counts of 1st degree murder & 10 counts of robbery with a firearm. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Also for murders of:
OK – Searra Howe (20) (missing Aug. 19, 2017, found Oct. 25, 2017, Midwest City).
OK – James Steven Knowles (57) (missing since Oct, 2017 & presumed dead).
Normore has been jailed for almost a year on 10 counts of robbery with a firearm involving several businesses & two banks. On Friday (9/28/18), police announced that prosecutors have agreed with a police recommendation that Normore also be charged with four counts of murder. Morgan said the cases include the July 2017 deaths of Bashar Burks, 27, & his girlfriend, Ashley Easton, 30. Easton's body was found near a burning vehicle that was involved in a crash. Shot in the neck & head. Bashar Burks, 27, was found in the vehicle & was dead prior to crash. Morgan said Normore is also suspected in the deaths of 20-year-old Searra Howe, who had been missing since Aug. 19, 17 before her body was discovered in a field in Oct. 25, 2017, & 57-year-old James Steven Knowles, who has been missing since October, 2017 & is presumed dead. (No thread for him on WS).
9/28/18: In jail accused of 10 counts of robbery with firearm involving several businesses & 2 banks. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
10/12/18 Update: Next prelim conference hearing on 10/30. 10/30/18: Prelim conference hearing continued to 12/27. 12/27/18: Preliminary conference continued to 1/31/19.
1/31/19 Update: Continued preliminary hearing to 2/15 by agreement for further negotiations.
2/15/19 Update: Preliminary hearing continued to 3/19, and now continued to 4/22.