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Oklahoma Investigators Release New Details in Shooting Deaths of Skyla Whitaker and Taylor Paschal-Placker

By David Lohr

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation [OSBI] made public its suspicions that two shooters are responsible for the June 8 shooting deaths of 11-year-old Skyla Jade Whitaker and 13-year-old Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker. According to OSBI spokesperson Jessica Brown, ballistic tests show that two different-caliber weapons were used during the double homicide. "The OSBI suspected that there were two weapons early on in the case, but it wanted to wait for ballistics to confirm that," Brown told Newsok.com. Investigators have declined to release details on the types of weapons that were used. Skyla and Taylor's bodies were discovered Sunday evening in a ditch along County Line Road in Weleetka, Oklahoma.  According to the Okfuskee County Sheriff's Office, Skyla had been spending the night at Taylor's house, and the two had decided to take a walk along the dirt road to the bridge over Bad Creek...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).