Murder Celexa 19/10/2002 Oklahoma Man Kills his Mother & Stepfather
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>Paragraph 8 reads:&nbsp; &quot;A search warrant filed Friday shows that police collected from the apartment several knives <strong>and the prescription antidepressan<u>t Celexa</u> and a sack that had contained Celexa </strong>and the anti-psychotic medication Risperdal.&quot;<br /><br />______________________________________________________________________________<br />BA man charged in stabbings<br />Tulsa World<br />October 19, 2002<br />Author: CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writer <br />Estimated printed pages: 1 <br /><img src="../images.newsbank.com/infoweb/agg/shim.gif" alt="[]" width="1" height="1" /> <br /><br />A man who is accused of fatally stabbing and mutilating his mother and stepfather last weekend was charged Friday with <strong>murder</strong>. <br /><br />Darren Craig Ellis, 27, faces two counts of first-degree <strong>murder</strong> for the slayings of Margaret and Troy Hefley.<br /><br />Police discovered the Hefleys&#39; decapitated and disemboweled bodies Sunday at their Broken Arrow apartment after receiving a 911 call from Ellis stating that he had killed his parents and needed police help, court records show.<br /><br />An affidavit filed earlier this week by Broken Arrow police gave details of a gruesome crime scene.<br /><br />Ellis has been hospitalized since he was found Sunday with a self-inflicted stab wound, police said.<br /><br />First Assistant District Attorney Doug Drummond said Ellis was set to be discharged from the hospital Friday. He was booked into the Tulsa Jail on Friday night, records show.<br /><br />The District Attorney&#39;s Office has not decided whether it will seek the death penalty for Ellis, Drummond said.<br /><br />A search warrant filed Friday shows that police collected from the apartment several knives and the prescription antidepressant <strong>Celexa</strong> and a sack that had contained <strong>Celexa</strong> and the anti-psychotic medication Risperdal.<br /><br />Ellis apparently had been living with his mother and step-father since his release from prison in June.<br /><br />He previously served time in prison for grand larceny, possession of a controlled substance and escaping from prison, court records show.<br /><br />He also was convicted of mailing threatening letters to Creek County officials in 1998.<br /><br />Since his release from prison, Ellis had been charged with a number of traffic violations and had also been detained for mental observation, police said.<br /><br />Remarks he made to police following an automobile accident on Sept. 10 led to an emergency order of detention and treatment for Ellis, police said.<br /><br />Cary Aspinwall, World staff writer, can be reached at 581-8369 or via e-mail atcary.aspinwall@tulsaworld.com. <br />Edition:&nbsp; Final Home<br />Section:&nbsp; News<br />Page:&nbsp; A22<br />Index Terms: Oklahoma<br />Copyright 2002 Tulsa World. World Publishing Co.<br />Record Number:&nbsp; 021019_Ne_a22baman <br /><br />OpenURL Article Bookmark (right click, and copy the link location):<br /><a href="http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:TLWB&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=0F6D55ED91407AD8&amp;svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&amp;req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0">BA man charged in stabbings</a><br /></div> 
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