Man ID'd as person of interest after 3 Oklahoma homicides; multiple states notified
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify residents in Kansas also received emergency alerts about the suspect, and that he is wanted in connection with three homicides in Oklahoma.
MORRILTON, Ark. (KARK) – Residents in Arkansas and Kansas have been put on high alert as authorities search for an Alabama man they say is wanted in connection with three homicides in Oklahoma.
Stacy Drake, 50, of Birmingham, was last seen on surveillance footage at a hotel in Morrilton, Arkansas, about 50 miles northwest of Little Rock, according to police. The Morrilton Police Department also said that Arkansas State Police had notified them that the vehicle used in the homicides was parked at the hotel.
Officials said that officers searched the hotel, but Drake was not found. Police said it is unknown how he left the hotel.
Drake is a person of interest in three homicides from two different carjackings in Oklahoma.
One of those occurred on Tuesday, when authorities in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, were called to a double homicide in Gans, roughly 100 miles southeast of Tulsa. According to Nexstar's KFOR, a man and a woman were found dead inside a business "with injuries consistent with homicide."
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation named Drake as a person of interest in the case, though they did not share why. Details about the second alleged carjacking were not released.
Arkansas State Police say Drake is also wanted on multiple felony warrants from multiple jurisdictions, with charges including aggravated robbery, carjacking, and robbery.
Residents in Topeka, Kansas, some 430 miles from Morrilton, also received emergency alerts regarding Drake, describing him as an "armed man wanted for homicides." Authorities have not said why the Kansas residents were notified.
Drake is described as a white man standing 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 185 pounds. Images provided by the police department, seen above, show Drake wearing a dark colored shirt, hat and sunglasses.
Police said Drake is believed to be armed and dangerous. Anyone who has seen Drake is asked to contact the Morrilton Police Department at 501-354-0131.