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2 teens arrested after body found in Okemah

By Associated Press
Published: 7/29/2009 4:06 PM
Last Modified: 7/29/2009 4:06 PM

OKEMAH — Two teenagers have been arrested on first-degree murder complaints after a man was found dead in the eastern Oklahoma town of Okemah.

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown says 18-year-old Tony Gibson of Okemah and his 16-year-old brother were arrested Wednesday after the body of 24-year-old Victor Berryhill was found outside the Creek Nation Housing Complex.

The name of Gibson's younger brother is being withheld by OSBI until he is formally charged.

Brown says it appears Berryhill was beaten and stabbed to death, but the medical examiner will determine his cause of death.

Berryhill's body was found around 5 a.m. Wednesday in a parking lot.

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	Report Comment ajohnb, Jenks (7/29/2009 7:31:54 PM) They found him at 5:00 am. What linked the boys to it? Were they there with the body? C'mon, lets have some details.
	Report Comment God Bless our Troops, Small town (7/29/2009 4:43:23 PM) Do kids not go to the pool or lake anymore during the summers?! It seems there have been a lot of teens killing people this summer.
	Report Comment MaintenanceMan, Tulsa (7/29/2009 4:33:10 PM) How close is Okemah to Walika?
	Report Comment MaintenanceMan, Tulsa (7/29/2009 4:36:44 PM) Real close.
	Report Comment MaintenanceMan, Tulsa (7/29/2009 4:38:11 PM) Waleeka, that's where those two girls were killed. Not to many details, motive on this killing though. I would look into it OSBI.
	Report Comment Lil Sparrow*, Midwest Flyway (7/29/2009 5:13:16 PM) MM, it's Weleetka.
	Report Comment vannesha_perry11, Wetumka (8/5/2009 8:30:25 AM) I would like to say that thoes 2 boys woldent do anything like that im not sure they may have done it but i would like to tell the world that i luv them so much i went to school with them and they were really nice i dont think they did it and i would like to know if they are geting chared for this im so sad and mad for these boys and how would the police no it was them was there a witness plz tell me i need to know.. =(
	Report Comment shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (7/29/2009 4:55:18 PM) Curious as to what the whole story is on this.

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