Ten days after a mom was reported missing, authorities who allege she was killed have recovered her body weighed down in an Oklahoma pond.
Fort Smith police sought help from the Le Flore County Sheriff’s Office in Oklahoma after receiving a tip that Strozier was possibly last seen in the area of Cameron, Okla.
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Tara Strozier.Fort Smith Police Department
The sheriff’s office suspected “foul play,” according to the news release, after the car was found abandoned July 24 in a private drive in Cameron with no sign of Strozier.
Left to right: Alex Nathaniel Davis, Austin Johnson and Kaelin Hutchinson.Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Three suspects were identified and arrested in connection with Strozier’s death: Alex Nathaniel Davis, 30; Austin Johnson, 23; and Kaelin Hutchinson, 24.
Strozier’s body was recovered Thursday – the same day that authorities say Davis admitted to killing Strozier at the pond while Johnson was present.
After the murder, the pair weighed her body down and threw Strozier into the water, authorities allege.
Davis and Johnson both are charged with first-degree murder. Davis also is facing a charge of kidnapping. Both are being held in the Le Flore County jail with no bond. They are due back in court Aug. 6.
Hutchinson, whose bond was set Friday at $250,000, is charged with obstruction of an officer, accessory after the fact, and conspiracy, PEOPLE confirms. Like the two others, he has not yet entered a plea, and attorneys for the suspects were not immediately identified.
source: people.com
