A husband who claimed his wife went on a date with a mystery man before her body was found wrapped in a rug in a ditch in Oklahoma has been charged with murder, accused of shooting her in the head so he could date another woman.
Frank Byers was arrested last week on charges of first-degree murder, unauthorized transfer of a corpse and desecration of a human corpse in the death of Makayla Meave-Byers, 30, KFOR reported.
“It’s a sigh of relief. To us, it feels like 10 years, even though it’s only been a few weeks,” Meave-Byers’ mother, Barbara Harper, told the outlet.
“I never would have thought he would do something like this,” she said of her son-in-law.
“I can forgive him through Christ, but I am still flesh and I want the death penalty for him and anyone who helped him.”
Byers reported his wife missing on Sept. 16, telling police he “had gone on a date with someone he met on Facebook” as part of their open marriage.
Frank Byers, the husband of Oklahoma mother of six Makayla Meave-Byers, has been accused of shooting her in the head so he could establish a relationship with another woman. Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office.
He asked for help finding his wife, writing on Facebook that “she means the world to me. She is literally the backbone of the family. I love her deeply.”
Meave-Byers’ body was found Sept. 20 wrapped in a rug in a drainage ditch about 2,000 feet from her home in rural Pottawatomie County. The medical examiner determined that he had been shot twice in the head.
“We got some results on some tests that we were waiting for,” Pottawatomie County Undersheriff Travis Dinwiddie said last week, according to the news outlet.
Makayla Meave-Byers’ body was found wrapped in a rug dumped in a ditch. Facebook / Frank Byers
“We executed the search warrant for the house. “Frank Byers was inside and was arrested on a probable cause affidavit for first degree murder,” he added.
Byers was staying in a house in El Reno, not far from where his wife lived in Macomb.
Her work boots contained “a blood-like substance” that investigators said turned out to be a positive DNA match to Meave-Byers, KFOR reported, citing court records.
Makayla Meave-Byers and Frank Byers.Faccebook / Frank Byers
Authorities also found a Walmart receipt for a mop, ammonia and bleach on Byers’ property the day she reported her missing, according to the outlet.
Detectives who read the text messages believe Byers killed his wife so he could “establish a relationship” with another woman, court records show.
“Byers allegedly removed the SIM card from his wife’s phone and placed it in another device to start a fake conversation between the two and create a fictitious story,” authorities said, KOCO reported.
Makayla Meave-Byers’ mother, Barbara Harper.KFOR
“He was at all the family functions. We would never have… I would never have thought he would do something like this,” Harper told KFOR, although she said she became suspicious of his behavior after his daughter disappeared.
“There was no worry, no sadness, no tears. “It was all just a show and we could see it,” said the grieving mother.
Meave-Byers had “recently asked Byers for divorce,” according to an incident report.
The 30-year-old mother was found dead days after her husband claimed she went on a date with a mystery man. Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office.
When police searched his home, they found broken glass, “blood stains on the floor” and “blood on the bed sheets,” according to the document. They also found two .22-caliber bullet casings, which apparently matched a .22 rifle that Byers said he kept in a cabinet.
The gun appeared to have been fired recently and had residue on the barrel and bore, authorities said.
“I know that as parents we feel guilty inside for not seeing the signs, for not knowing and for not asking, but if there was no prior domestic violence, she kept it very well hidden from us. She got upset when we asked her questions,” Harper told KOCO.
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