Indian Country Law and Justice News Update

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You are subscribed to Indian Country Law and Justice news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Wilburton Resident Sentenced To Sixty Years For Murder 11/25/2025 07:00 AM EST MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tracy Ann Mannon, a/k/a Tracy Ann Moore, a/k/a Tracy A. Carter, age 53, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 720 months in prison for one count of Murder in Indian Country - Second Degree.On April 21, 2025, Mannon pleaded guilty to the charge.  According to investigators, on February 26, 2024, Mannon bludgeoned and stabbed the victim to death at a Wilburton residence.  The crime occurred in Latimer County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Wister Resident Sentenced To Life For 2023 Murder 11/20/2025 07:00 AM EST MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kendall Lee Forrester, age 36, of Wister, Oklahoma, was sentenced to a term of life in prison for one count of First Degree Murder in Indian Country, and 120 months in prison for one count of Use, Carry, Brandish and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively.On February 27, 2025, a federal jury found Forrester guilty of the charges at trial. According to investigators, on October 31, 2023, Forrester shot and killed the victim with a single gunshot to the head at a LeFlore County residence within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation.  Family members reported the victim missing after a receiving a suspicious text message from the victim's cell phone and discovering the victim's wallet, keys, and cell phone left behind at home after Forrester had told family members that he and the victim were out hunting.  The victim's body was discovered hours later, wrapped in plastic sheeting, stored in a chest that had been loaded into the victim's SUV.  Officers conducting a traffic stop on Forrester discovered a 9mm handgun, a magazine containing 9 rounds of ammunition, and a trash bag of freshly laundered clothes and towels in his car.  A latent print on the plastic sheeting from the chest was a match to prints taken from Forrester.

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