Lawrence Anderson s early release from prison drew sharp criticism from Grady County District Attorney Jason Hicks.
“Do you feel safer in your communities today than you did before criminal justice reform started?” said Hocks.
Court documents show on February 9 Anderson murdered his neighbor Andrea Blankenship. Investigators said Anderson cut her heart out, returned home and murdered his uncle and a four-year-old girl.
Family members are now asking why Anderson was released back into society.
“We know he had a history of violence against women. We know he sold crack cocaine in front of the elementary school in Chickasha and then had other charges, he has a rap sheet a mile long, “said Blankenship’s cousin Brooke Burris-Wofford.
By: Jennifer Pierce
CHICKASHA, Oklahoma -
A family is desperate for answers after their loved one was found murdered last week in her Chickasha home.
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigators think Andrea Blankenship, 41, was killed the same day as her neighbors, 67-year-old Leon Pye and his four-year-old granddaughter Kaeos Yates. Authorities said the two were stabbed to death.
Authorities arrested Lawrence Anderson, 42, and confirmed he was connected to the three deaths. Anderson is being held in the Grady County jail but has not been charged by the Grady County District Attorney.
“It will haunt us that that was the last individual she saw before she passed away,” said Brooke Burris-Wofford, Blankenship s cousin. “We’ve lost a piece of our heart we’ll never get back.”
An Oklahoma man jailed for allegedly killing a grandfather and a young girl earlier this month is also being investigated in connection with the murder of another woman, who was found dead on same day and street.
A man suspected of killing an Oklahoma grandfather and his 4-year-old granddaughter also confessed to killing a single mom living on the same street, authorities say.
An Oklahoma man jailed for allegedly killing a grandfather and a young girl earlier this month is also being investigated in connection with the murder of another woman, who was found dead on same day and street.