The family of two Oklahoma brothers accused of fatally stabbing their parents and three of their siblings died from “multiple sharp force injuries,” state medical examiners said Monday.
The Wednesday deaths of David Bever, 52, April Bever, 44, Daniel Bever, 12, Christopher Bever, 7, and Victoria Bever, 5, in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow were homicides, Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office spokeswoman Amy Elliott told the Tulsa World.
Federal investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have joined the probe into their deaths as Robert Bever, 18, and Michael Bever, 16, await their arraignments in Tulsa County custody, according to the local paper.
A K-9 team found the teens in the woods behind the family’s Magnolia Court home just after midnight on Wednesday after police rushed to the scene.Their 13-year-old sister is in stable condition with multiple stab wounds and their 2-year-old sister survived the incident unharmed.
The elder brother reportedly owned up to the stabbings and told detectives they were planning more violence. A shipment of 3,000 rounds of ammo showed up at the house on Thursday, sources told KOTV.
Tulsa County officials will prosecute the younger brother as an adult if he’s formally charged with first-degree murder in his parents and siblings’ deaths, the World reported. The brothers will make their first court appearances on Aug. 3.
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