OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the
murder conviction and life without parole sentence of a man in the death of an
Arkansas woman in eastern Oklahoma.The court on Thursday rejected appeals by 30-year-old Elvis Aaron Thacker of Cedarville in the September 2010 death of 22-year-old Briana Ault of Fort Smith.The justices turned away appeals including Thacker’s claim his confession was coerced and there was insufficient evidence to convict him.
Thacker was convicted and his brother, Johnathen Thacker pleaded guilty to
luring Ault with the promise of $50 for a ride. Prosecutors say Ault was then
forced to drive to a rural area in LeFlore County where the brothers raped her
and attempted to drown her before Elvis Thacker cut her throat.
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