Murder charges are filed against two Broken Arrow brothers accused of killing their parents and three siblings. The murders took place earlier this month. The Tulsa County District Attorney filed the charges today.
District Attorney Steve Kunzwieler declined a recorded interview, but did release the following statement:
Five First-Degree Murder charges were filed today against Robert Davis Bever, 18, and Michael John Bever, 16, in the stabbing deaths of their parents and three siblings at their Broken Arrow home on July 22. Robert and Michael Bever were also charged with Assault and Battery With Intent to Kill for multiple stabbings of a 13-year-old sister who survived the attack. The brothers are charged in concert for murder in the deaths of parents David and April Bever and siblings Daniel, Christopher and Victoria. They are also charged in concert in the attack on the surviving sister. The defendants are presumed to be innocent under the law. Under Oklahoma law, a 16-year-old is charged with First-Degree Murder as an adult.