Police arrest a man wanted in connection with multiple homicides in Oklahoma

MORRILTON, Ark.(NewsNation) — The search for an Alabama man wanted in connection with multiple homicides in Oklahoma has ended after he was found and arrested in Arkansas by Morrilton Police and Arkansas State Police, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Stacy Drake, 50, of Birmingham, had been on the run since Tuesday evening.

Police said he was last seen on surveillance video at a hotel in Morrilton, Ark., about 50 miles northwest of Little Rock. The Morrilton Police Department also said that Arkansas State Police notified them that the vehicle used in the killings was parked at the hotel.

Officials said officers searched the hotel but Drake was not found. Police don’t know how he left the hotel.

At around 10 a.m. local time on Thursday, police discovered Drake hiding in a wooded area of ​​Morrilton.

Police said the 50-year-old man is currently being held at the Conway County Detention Center and further information will be released as it becomes available.

Drake is a suspect in three homicides stemming from two separate carjackings in Oklahoma.

One of those occurred Tuesday, when authorities in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, were called to a double homicide in Gans, about 100 miles southeast of Tulsa. According to KFOR, a NewsNation affiliate, a man and a woman were found dead at the business “with injuries consistent with homicide.”

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation named Drake as a person of interest in the case, although it did not provide a reason. Details about the second alleged carjacking have not been released.

Arkansas State Police say Drake is also wanted on multiple arrest warrants issued in multiple jurisdictions, including: for robbery with particular cruelty, car theft and robbery.

NewsNation affiliate KARK contributed to this report.

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