The sister said Robert and Michael talked for a year about wanting to kill their family and steal their money. He said they then planned to take the family car to pick up guns at a gun shop and ammunition delivered that day and drive out of state to heavily populated places and kill random people. Crayon drawings from a journal Michael Bever kept while at the Tulsa County jail, which a deputy categorized as morbid and violent, were among copies of evidence in his murder trial released Friday to the media. According to the detective, he said they believed they could kill 100 people on their killing spree without anyone missing them. The judge sentenced Michael to consecutively serve five life terms, each estimated at 45 years, in addition to 28 years for the assault. Both are arrested on five counts of first-degree murder and one count of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. The detective said Robert Bever told him he got a job at a call center to earn money to buy knives, body armor, helmets, bullets and guns. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Now, a minor can be sentenced based off circumstances of the case alone. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. Bever pleaded guilty in 2016 to stabbing his parents and siblings to death and attacking another sibling in their Broken Arrow home. Tap on any of the buttons below to download our app. Michael Bever, then 16, told Broken Arrow Police Detective Eric Bentz in a videotaped interrogation that his older brother Robert was motivated by a hatred of 'everyone' and a desire to become 'famous', while he only wanted to 'get a learner's permit'. The teenage sister survived, and the youngest sibling, age 2, was discovered alive in the home, unharmed and apparently forgotten by the brothers. Two-year-old Autumn was safe and sound asleep in her crib. Robert Bever, now 24, was ordered to serve three life sentences on top of his six others after he attempted to attack prison staff in July 2019 with an 8-inch long "sharpened instrument." "I'm sorry. They hoped that enough money could be raised to purchase the house from the Bevers' mortgage holder and lending company, its then owner. Copyright 2018 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. These cookies do not store any personal information. OnAug. 5, a judge rules that the computer aided dispatch transcript of the 911 traffic shall be released by the City of Broken Arrow. Oldest son Robert, started to develop a fascinating with murders, and soon, his obsession just wasn't enough and he. He was convicted upon pleading guilty in August, and a Cleveland County judge ordered him to serve three concurrent life sentences that will run consecutively to his previously earned life sentences. [1][5][9][11][12] Law enforcement officials said at least some of the weapons found were used in the killings. Please check your connection and try again using the Retry button. Inside the house, they found five dead bodies, with one teenager fighting for her life. In a shocking development, Crystal stated that her brothers, Robert and Michael, were responsible for the attacks. Neighbors described the Bevers as a family that mostly kept to themselves, with the children often huddled together. [18], Defense attorneys stated that David Bever was physically and verbally abusive toward his children, according to Crystal's testimony. Surviving Bever Sister Testifies In Brother's Murder Trial And Bever, as he tried to sit down after hearing the verdict, fell on the floor and was helped back into his seat by a sheriffs deputy. Once they got in, the police saw Crystal with her throat slit, barely hanging on to her life. Robert is pictured in his jail mug shot. They knocked on the door, heard a faint voice calling for help, and forced their way into the house, where they immediately found a 13-year-old girl, Crystal Bever, bleeding from multiple stab wounds. Die tragische Geschichte von Robert & Michael Bever! Bever and his younger brother, Michael Bever, plotted for at least a year to kill their family and start a mass-killing spree. Neither of the boys showed any emotion or remorse when they were taken into custody. 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Sweet, who represented himself in a federal trial, said I lost a lot" but what hurt the most was losing my best friend, my partner, referri, A married couple was discovered dead of gunshot wounds in their Broken Arrow home in October, and their six children's bodies were riddled wit, The 22-year-old reportedly called police Thursday afternoon to say he had strangled his mother. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Tulsa District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler told KRMG news, you all heard the same stuff our office, and quite frankly defense counsel, has had to kind of keep under our hat for the last seven months.. Robert Bever approached two workers in Lexington, Oklahoma, on Monday He reportedly came at them from behind with the 'sharpened instrument' Robert, then 18, and his brother Michael. A sharply divided appellate court has upheld a Tulsa judges decision to disregard jury recommendations in the sentencing of Michael Bever for the fatal 2015 attack on his family members with his older brother. Defense attorneys have been arguing that Robert Bever was the mastermind of the murder plot and coerced his younger brother into helping him. Also included in the evidence was audio of the 911 call placed by 12-year-old Daniel Bever shortly before he died. A 2-year-old girl was found unharmed upstairs. Click here to view images from the journal, The old Bever property will become a memorial park, where flower gardens and a simple gazebo will mark what City Councilor Mike Lester described as a place no one wants to remember but no one can forget.. A fundraising effort allowed the city of Broken Arrowto buy the former Bever family home at 709 Magnolia Court. District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler (above) said a decision on pursuing the death penalty would be made by the time of the arraignment. [36][37] The date was later changed to October 9,[38] and later to January 22, 2016. He testified that the two originally planned to carry out the attack in September, but instead decided to do it in July. Broken Arrow police receive a call, believed to be from 12-year-old Daniel Bever, from a home in the 700 block of East Magnolia Court reporting that "someone was attacking their family." Do not sell or share my personal information. They murdered five of their family members and critically injured another in 2015 before fleeing from police. Robert, then 18, and his brother Michael Bever, then 16, stabbed their parents and three siblings to death in July 2015in a middle-of-the-night rampage in Tulsa. The social services specialist then reportedly ordered Bever to the ground before he was restrained by security. Among the evidence is a red composition notebook in which Michael Bever made crayon drawings while behind bars at the Tulsa County Jail. But we acted in our own ways.. I don't know what I was thinking. Bever Family Murders: Where Are Robert and Michael Bever Now? He currently has the possibility of parole, but not until he serves 85% of his more than 200-year sentence. True Crime Society - The Broken Arrow Murders DOC spokesman Matt Elliott said Wednesday that no one was seriously hurt and charges are unlikely. The sister said her father threw the kids across the room in the past when he was angry, and she remembered hearing the parents talk about being too rough on Robert and Michael when they were younger.