Oklahoma man admits killing pastor whose wife also pleaded guilty

An Oklahoma man admitted to fatally taking pictures a pastor whose spouse additionally pleaded responsible to the homicide this yr after she stated the killing was her solely escape from many years of abuse, the person’s lawyer stated Monday.

Kahlil Sq., 27, pleaded responsible to a cost of first-degree homicide final week, lawyer Tony Coleman stated.

The plea is “blind,” that means Sq. has no settlement with the district lawyer’s workplace, Coleman stated. He described the transfer because the “finest technique accessible to us.”

The Pontotoc County District Legal professional’s Workplace, which is prosecuting the case, couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.

Kristie Evans, 49, was sentenced final month to life in jail with the opportunity of parole within the March 22, 2021, homicide of her husband of 30 years, David Evans, a pastor at Concord Free Will Baptist Church in Ada.

Authorities have stated Sq. shot David Evans whereas he was asleep at dwelling. Kristie Evans initially stated an intruder killed her husband however later admitted that she requested Sq. to do it.

In interviews from jail final yr, she stated her husband repeatedly pressured her to have intercourse with different males, together with Sq.. She additionally described him as bodily abusive and financially controlling.

Throughout Kristie Evans’ sentencing listening to, prosecutors described her as a “excellent liar” who used Sq..

Coleman echoed these feedback Monday, saying she exploited a person who “was simply gullible sufficient to fall into her net of deception and manipulation.”

“She did a quantity on him,” he stated.

Sq.’s sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 15, Coleman stated.

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