WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:11.759 In the bever home in twenty fifteen. Everything seemed normal, 2 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:14.679 the day was coming to an end, and everyone was 3 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.399 getting ready for bed. Then suddenly, the quiet family home 4 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:23.239 quickly turned into something straight out of a nightmare when 5 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:26.120 one of the kids let out a blood curdling scream 6 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:28.679 and made their way down the stairs of the home 7 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:33.679 with blood pouring from their slashed throat behind her. She 8 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:37.880 was quickly followed by her two older brothers, who had 9 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:43.000 just begun their vicious attack on the whole family. This 10 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:45.960 is the Broken Arrow Killings. 11 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:50.920 My name's Ben, I'm Nicole, and you're listening to Wicked 12 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:54.640 and Grim, a true crime podcast. 13 00:00:54.679 --> 00:01:01.079 The following and material intended at your audience. 14 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:25.200 Listen, good morning, And I say good morning because we're 15 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:26.840 actually recording this in the morning right now. 16 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.640 So you got coffee and hot chocolate. 17 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:31.480 Yeah, Nicole's not a coffee drinker. 18 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:31.959 So I'm not. 19 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.439 I'm very odd she rocks the hot chocolate while I 20 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:35.120 got the coffee. 21 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:39.319 Yeah, I know, but I don't feel like hot chocolate 22 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:41.959 wakes me up quite as much as a coffee. 23 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.319 Definitely not. Coffee's got the caffeine that kick, But I mean, 24 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:47.920 even still, it doesn't wake me up a whole lot. 25 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:49.680 It's more of well, I've said it on the show before, 26 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:51.560 I don't drink coffee for the caffeine. I drink it 27 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:55.560 for like the warm hug. That yeah, exactly. 28 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:56.280 Yeah. 29 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:59.879 Something that's actually really cool about like like rituals is 30 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.000 that if you sign up for a Patreon at the 31 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:04.079 end of the month, every last day, you get an 32 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.719 exclusive episode. And we have some patrons to thank who 33 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:10.560 have signed up for Patreon. 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I've been putting a 46 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:43.400 lot of effort into it. 47 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.520 No, you're doing real good. But now there's this expectation, 48 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:48.199 like you set the bar high here. 49 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:50.919 Maybe next episode, I will not have a segue if 50 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.560 they're like, do as rough e a transition as I can. 51 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.639 Just like we're talking about Teddy Bears and Unicorn and 52 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.039 being like sign up for a Patreon. There's something just 53 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.879 so drastic. Just throw one for a loop is what 54 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:02.039 I should probably. 55 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:04.680 Do, maybe because it might be something that's hard to maintain, right, 56 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:06.199 it might be Well. 57 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.039 I just realized we've got to play our little background 58 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:08.639 screen here. 59 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:09.520 There we go. 60 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:12.199 Yeah, so that's for the video. Just so everyone's aware, 61 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:14.639 we do have a video form of this podcast. You 62 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:16.800 can head over to one of our YouTube channels, which 63 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:19.840 is linked down below. We just recently started putting out 64 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:22.319 the video content of it, so you can't go back 65 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:24.120 in our whole library. But we do have about ten 66 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.439 episodes put out. Yeah, you can go watch from here 67 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:30.599 forward all the episodes we release in video form. 68 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:36.000 Yeah, that's awesome. So, yeah, I'm quite nervous for this case. Now. 69 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:38.120 It's it's a doozy. 70 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.199 I didn't realize what we were getting ourselves into. 71 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.719 No, No, it's a doozy one. That was quite the intro. 72 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:46.840 I decided to give away a little bit of some 73 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:51.919 of the brutality that immediately occurs in that intro, particularly 74 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:57.000 because this is a very brutal case, so you ready 75 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.000 for it, I think? So, okay, Well, this is called 76 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:05.599 the Broken Arrow killings, the Broken Arrow massacre. Usually Broken 77 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.039 Arrow Killings is what it's referred to, but of course 78 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:11.599 there's other variations. So Broken Arrow is actually the town 79 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:12.680 in which it took place. 80 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:13.240 Okay. 81 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:18.199 So it was a quiet Wednesday night on July twenty second, 82 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:23.879 twenty fifteen, and Broken Arrow, the Bever family household, usually 83 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.519 filled with commotion as the family was made up of 84 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:30.560 nine individuals, two parents and seven children, was quieting down 85 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:34.439 for the evening. Now in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the family's 86 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.839 home is located in a suburban neighborhood. It seemed peaceful 87 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:41.240 on the outside, but shortly after, sorry, shortly before nine 88 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:47.160 thirty pm, everything would change. Thirteen year old Crystal Bever 89 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:50.680 was headed upstairs to her brother's bedroom. She was headed 90 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.800 up there with a simple request from their mother, some chores. 91 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.600 Their mother, April Bever, age forty four, had spent the 92 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.360 week planning a birthday celebration for the youngest family member, Autumn, 93 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:04.879 who was soon turning two years old. The house was 94 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.360 filled with the usual pre birthday excitement, yet a bit 95 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:14.319 of tension lingered, something that was going unnoticed. Cristel entered 96 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:17.839 her brother's bedroom. There, she found her brother eighteen year 97 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.360 old Robert and seventeen year old Michael, who had shared 98 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:27.439 a bedroom. They were dawning and assembling body armor on themselves. Now, 99 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:31.600 this peculiar scene was not entirely new to her. It 100 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:35.040 was something that they were recently diving into. The once 101 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:41.040 quiet and introverted teens had developed this unsettling fascination with firearms, knives, 102 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:47.399 body armors, and also serial killers in the recent months. 103 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.519 Cristal had mentioned this to her her parents before, a 104 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:53.079 little bit concerned about it, thinking like it's kind of odd, 105 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:57.439 a little bit creepy. But the parents, April and David Bever, 106 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:00.959 their fifty two year old father, dismissed it. You know, 107 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.360 it's just kind of like it's just a new interest. 108 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:07.120 They're just exploring things. You know, boys get into liking 109 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:10.160 knives or playing Call of Duty on Xbox and guns 110 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:11.879 and all this sort of stuff. It's just kind of 111 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:16.519 typical teenage behavior, is what they figured it was. So 112 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.720 Crystal walks into the room and sees this familiar sight 113 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.240 of them wearing armor, having knives spread out on the 114 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.439 on the bed, and she talks to her brothers and say, 115 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:29.600 Mom wants you to finish the dishes before you go 116 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:34.680 to bed. Suddenly, one brother turns to the other and 117 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:38.319 poses a bit of a question, something a little bit cryptic. 118 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.959 He says, should we do it now? Unaware of the 119 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:51.319 impending horror behind that question, Crystal responded casually, well, I'm here, now, 120 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:56.160 what do you want? Michael Bever signaled christ Crystal to 121 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.480 check something on his computer screen. As she turned towards 122 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:03.920 the illumination monitor, Robert, the other brother, quietly approached from behind, 123 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:08.040 took a knife, wrapped it around her, and slashed her 124 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.240 throat with a knife in one swift motion. The brother's 125 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:15.519 only exposure to sudden such violence had come from TV shows, 126 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.399 and they imagine this would be a quick and silent kill, 127 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:22.120 similar to action movies, you know, when someone's walking through halls, 128 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.759 taking out people quickly and quietly to make their way 129 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:30.800 into somewhere they're trying to navigate. However, the reality is 130 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.720 vastly different. Crystal didn't immediately die and fall to the 131 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:38.399 floor silently like they expected, She let out a blood 132 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:43.920 curdling scream and staggered backwards, blood gushing from her neck. Determined, 133 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.959 Robert continued his attack, stabbing her multiple times in the chest, 134 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:52.079 arms and shoulder, and stomach, trying to kill her. Crystal 135 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.000 thought about running to her room, thought about trying to 136 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:59.079 grab her phone, but decided instead to make her way 137 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.240 downstairs and head for the door to go outside, hoping 138 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.279 to find a neighbor and call for help that way. 139 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:09.240 She made her way outside and collapsed in the front yard, 140 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.439 her throat deeply slashed, lungs filling with her own blood, 141 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:17.959 and an organ even protruding from her stomach wound. Hearing 142 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:23.160 the horrific noise, the mother, April, rushed upstairs and as 143 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.720 Crystal was descending, April encountered Robert, who now launched an 144 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:32.559 attack on his mother, inflicting at least forty eight knife 145 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:38.080 wounds upon her. An investigator later remarked it was quote 146 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:42.440 more wounds than I had ever seen in anybody ever. 147 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:49.559 Holy shit, you're really just starting us off here. 148 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.080 Yeah, I told you we are diving straight into this. 149 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:55.720 Wow. My eyes are just like bulging out of my face. 150 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:57.960 Your reactions so far or something else. 151 00:08:58.480 --> 00:08:59.600 Yeah, holy shit. 152 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:04.720 So Robert now had returned to Crystal, who was still 153 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:06.840 alive at this point and bleeding in the front yard. 154 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:09.639 He kneeled beside her and he began to strangle her 155 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.919 until he heard a final gurgle as blood filled her 156 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:17.320 throat and lungs, and Crystal went limp. Robert dragged her 157 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:22.720 back into the house. The brothers together moved on. The 158 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:27.039 house had turned into a scene of absolute chaos, reminiscent 159 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.720 of a horror movie, something right out of Hollywood's worst 160 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:35.759 production ever. The attacker's younger siblings, seven year old Christopher 161 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.919 and five year old Victoria, were petrified. They were unaware 162 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.320 of what was going on. All they knew was screams 163 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:46.519 were happening. It was panic, and these two kids didn't 164 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:49.200 know what to do. The only thing they could think 165 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:52.279 to do was hide, So together they locked themselves in 166 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.200 the bathroom, hysterical and seeking some sort of safety and sancty. 167 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.759 Well, they're in their safe place right now, like they're 168 00:09:58.759 --> 00:09:59.840 in their hon yep. 169 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:04.840 Holy now. The brothers together quickly found their younger siblings 170 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.840 hiding in the bathroom, and one of them knocked on 171 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:14.440 the door. Michael pretended to be panicked, and he whispered 172 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.559 through the door, let me in, he's gonna kill me 173 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:24.679 and wanting to help, their brother, Christopher opened the door. 174 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:33.279 Oh no, yes, okay, this is just getting worse and worse. 175 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:34.320 Holy shit. 176 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:39.159 Yeah. So, now the two brothers, Michael and Robert had 177 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:42.879 access into the bathroom that was previously locked where Victoria 178 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:47.320 and Christopher were hiding. As they opened the door, the 179 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.320 two brothers entered, and it was too late. The brothers 180 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:54.679 swiftly continued their attack upon their younger siblings. Christopher was 181 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:59.480 stabbed six times and Victoria was stabbed eighteen times in 182 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:04.480 the neck, chest, back, in upper arms. Now, during this assault, 183 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:10.240 their father, David, at some point tried to intervene, and 184 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:13.720 he lunged towards his two sons. His efforts, though, were 185 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:19.080 unfortunately in vain. The boys were armed and he was not. 186 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:23.120 He was stabbed twenty eight times and suffered blunt force 187 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:28.639 injuries all over his body. Meanwhile, in the house, while 188 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:35.320 everyone's screaming, dying, crying, you name it, twelve year old 189 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:40.159 Daniel managed to lock himself in a room and dialed nine. 190 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:54.919 Nine one broken air nine one one, Hello, Hello, Hi, 191 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:55.879 where are you at? 192 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:57.279 Broke it out. 193 00:11:57.279 --> 00:12:01.759 Oklaholm some four one one whatever, rest doesn't know. 194 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:06.159 I'm okay, are you the only one there? 195 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:08.759 No, my dais attacking the family. 196 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:21.840 Your dad is attacking your family. No, my dude, Okay, 197 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:27.039 who's attacking your family? Who's attacking your family? 198 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:29.480 Who is it? 199 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:32.679 They? 200 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:43.960 Are you there? 201 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:47.440 Little Hi? 202 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:52.480 What's going on there? What's going on there? 203 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:52.840 Hello? 204 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:10.600 Hello? 205 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:11.559 Oh? 206 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:15.879 Wow? Wow wow wow. 207 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:19.399 Just like the two brothers had done before to their 208 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:25.720 other siblings, Christopher and Victoria, Michael managed to convince his 209 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:28.360 younger brother to open the door while he was on 210 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.879 the phone with nine one one. The brothers came in, 211 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.440 took the cell phone from him. As you heard him 212 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.799 on the phone, he said hello, hello, and then he 213 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:43.759 smashed the cell phone on the floor, and they proceeded 214 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:48.120 to stab their brother nine times in the back, shoulder, 215 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:56.600 and chest. Unfortunately for them, but fortunately for us, this 216 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:01.279 initiated an immediate response, with the operator dispatching authorities to 217 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.399 the home. At this point, though, the boys had one 218 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:08.320 more sibling in the house and they needed to target 219 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:10.440 this person. Of course, they wanted to wipe out the 220 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:14.720 whole family, but little did they know that the authorities 221 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:17.000 were on their way, so they didn't have much time 222 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:20.720 and police would arrive at eleven forty five pm, some 223 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:23.399 fifteen minutes after the nine to one to one call 224 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:27.600 was placed. The older brothers were just about to begin 225 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:30.639 their final kill for the evening. They were headed to 226 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:35.039 the room of their two year old sister, Autumn, and 227 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:39.039 the plan was to decapitate Autumn. 228 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:40.600 Holy shit. 229 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:44.639 Thankfully, the police began banging on the front door of 230 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:47.320 the home and it came just in time, and it 231 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:49.960 scared the two boys and they bolted out the back 232 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:54.799 door of the home. Detective Brett Burton of the Broken 233 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:57.600 Arrow Police Department responded to the call, and as he 234 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:00.000 walked up the front steps of the home, he could 235 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:03.279 see blood trailing into the home where Crystal had laid 236 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:07.639 once and they had been drug back inside. As he 237 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.279 and the other responding officers approached the front door of 238 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:14.240 the home, they could hear a faint voice coming from inside, 239 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:16.440 one that said, help me. 240 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.039 Oh my gosh, Ben, what the hell are you doing 241 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.120 to us right now? 242 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:24.840 I'm just telling the story. It's a fucking horrible story, 243 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.799 but that's all I'm doing. 244 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:29.960 Yeah, this is unbelievable. This is unbelievable. 245 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:33.159 It is so. And this is when they began banging 246 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.240 on the door. The two brothers bolted. They couldn't get 247 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:39.240 the door open. No one would respond, so the authorities, 248 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:42.200 the officers that were responding, they forced their way into 249 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:46.600 the home. And once they forced their entry, there laid 250 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.919 thirteen year old Crystal, the one who was first attacked 251 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.679 and had her neck slashed. 252 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.799 Is she alive? 253 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:54.120 She was alive? 254 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:57.320 Holy shit, I was thinking that the two years or 255 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:59.360 it was the two year old Autumn. 256 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:03.279 Nope, Crystal was still alive. Her brother who knelt down 257 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.519 and began strangling her, she went limp and played dead. 258 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.440 Oh my word, so he let up and she was 259 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.320 not strangled. He drug her back inside and there she 260 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:19.039 was clinging to life, literally next slashed Americans hanging from 261 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:23.519 her abdomen, and she was still alive, asking and crying 262 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:24.000 for help. 263 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.080 I'm shook. I would I out of anyone, I would 264 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.080 not have thought that she would have, I know, like, 265 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.879 still been alive. 266 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:32.879 She was able to tell the officers that her brothers 267 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:34.759 were the ones who were attacking the family and that 268 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:38.000 they were in the house. So the officers got her 269 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:41.519 to safety, got her medical attention, and they continued sweeping 270 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:44.039 the house, bringing out some of the family members in 271 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:46.799 the process in hopes that they would still be alive 272 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:49.480 and still be able to be saved, and leaving others 273 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:55.200 because it was clear they were deceased. Upstairs, they found 274 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:58.159 two year old Autumn sleeping and unharmed. 275 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:03.279 Okay, just like such a little angel, just like so 276 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.519 young and not like really having no idea what's going 277 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:09.079 on and just sleeping, which is good, it. 278 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.759 Is, it is. I can't imagine the trauma would have 279 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:15.200 put on on on her if she was aware of 280 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.920 what was going on. Yeah, So Autumn and her older 281 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:22.400 sister Crystal would be the only two members of the 282 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.200 Bever family that would survive the attack from the brothers. 283 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:27.640 Wow, Crystal actually survived. 284 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.759 Hey, she would survive. 285 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:32.880 Yes, I just have to say too that like nine 286 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:36.279 one one operator had no idea, like to the extent 287 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:39.000 of what was going on really through that call. 288 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:41.160 Hey, I know you can hear the desperation in that 289 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.000 operator though. Oh you hear how fast and how vivorous 290 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:48.319 she's Oh she was honest, Yeah, typing like crazy, so 291 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.599 good on that operator. 292 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:54.359 She knew something was going down, but like, man, the 293 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:58.319 extent of what it was is was is mind blowing? 294 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:00.799 Yeah, And I kind of imagine the pit in that 295 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.680 person's stomach when they would have heard another voice go 296 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:07.960 hello and then the disconnected And then. 297 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:09.799 Also I'm I just have to say one more thing. 298 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:14.759 I'm shocked that that. I'm almost shocked that this carried 299 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:18.279 on because it seeming like these boys don't really have 300 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:21.559 any experience and like the Crystal and Crystal like to 301 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:24.960 the extent of, you know, not dying instantly. I'm almost 302 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:28.880 surprised that they they were this vicious and this like 303 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:35.200 I don't know the words, but to carry on, like 304 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:37.640 to carry on through the whole thing like this is. 305 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:39.480 I'm not sure what you mean to carry on. 306 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:42.640 Well that they didn't they weren't them killing their sister 307 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:45.400 like that, They just had so much brutality in them 308 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.759 to like carry on after the initial shock of seeing 309 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:51.599 how it affected Crystal and like, okay, so like her 310 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.160 like getting away and the blood coming out and everything, Like, 311 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.119 I'm shocked that they were able to just keep going 312 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.759 go on to. 313 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:59.440 The next family member. Yeah. 314 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.880 No, I almost would think after listening to that, I'm like, okay, 315 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:05.799 they're going to stop at this, Like this is shocking enough. Almost. 316 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:08.839 Well, we'll get into some of that here soon, a 317 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:12.960 little bit. Actually, some of it in particular here is 318 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:18.519 coming up almost immediately on their reaction, if you will, 319 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.440 so we'll touch on that. So the officers went through 320 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:24.599 the home, and the house is now cleared, and the 321 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:26.759 police knew that the boys escaped out of the back 322 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:30.200 of the home rather obviously, and on the back of 323 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:34.119 the home there was some wooded property and that's where 324 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:37.319 they would be. So it now turned into a manhunt. 325 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.960 But the man hunt would not last very long itself. 326 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:43.279 With a canine unit brought in. The two were quickly 327 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:45.799 located hiding in the bushes not far from the home, 328 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:51.559 and neither really resisted too much when they were found. Now, 329 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:54.559 the photos of the two boys that were taken as 330 00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:59.240 they were arrested for evidence purposes that night show the 331 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:02.960 boys wearing their body armor underneath their t shirts, one 332 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:06.160 with his shirt tore up from the canine attack. But 333 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:09.359 both of them were covered in mud and covered in 334 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:13.359 blood of their family members. But the worst part of 335 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:18.279 it all was their demeanor. A quote from an officer officer, 336 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:24.440 I sorry, Corporal Leon Colin goes quote, they weren't upset. 337 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:27.599 They weren't distropped. It's almost like they had a sense 338 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:31.000 of cawkiness. It looked to me like one of the 339 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:35.000 boys had a smirk on his face and very much. 340 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:37.279 So you look at the photos, one of them, like 341 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:40.160 neither of them were were crying or upset, but one 342 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:42.119 of them is just kind of like stone cold, and 343 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:45.599 the other boy is one hundred percent smiling. 344 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:52.480 Seriously. Yeah, holy shit. They must just have some sort 345 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:57.559 of like just huge hatred towards their family or something 346 00:20:57.559 --> 00:21:00.359 that they've just like developed this wall or something. 347 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:02.680 You're not going to like the answer to that. But 348 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:06.079 before we dive too much into that or any sort 349 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:09.160 of aftermath, we're going to rewind a bit and we're 350 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:11.480 gonna talk about the events that led up to it all, 351 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:17.480 which might give you some ideas somewhere that might head. Okay, So, 352 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:20.200 in the years before that fateful night, the Bever family 353 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:24.200 led a secluded and quiet life in the Indian Springs 354 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:26.920 neighborhood south of Broken Arrow. So they're not quite in 355 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.680 Broken Arrow, just you know, on the outskirts by the 356 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:34.279 sounds of it. Now known for its serene residential vibe, 357 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:38.039 if you will, it's well kept Parks middle class demographic. 358 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:41.200 Broken Arrow is the largest suburb of Tulsa and the 359 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:44.480 fourth largest city in the state. Despite having one of 360 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:47.240 the larger homes in the area and a household bustling 361 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:51.319 with seven children, the Bevers maintained minimal contact with those 362 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:55.960 in their community. They kept to themselves, The children were 363 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:59.759 rarely seen playing outside the parents. They kept to themselves, 364 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:04.119 and little was really known about the famili's everyday activities. Now, 365 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:08.039 this deliberate isolation was by design of the parents. April 366 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:10.880 homeschooled their children and did not engage with local homeschooling 367 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:13.039 groups like many others did you know, maybe feeding off 368 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:16.079 each other educational wise or layout wise on how they're 369 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:18.440 going to go about things, or structure whatever it was. 370 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:22.599 April kind of headed it on her own. Now. April, however, 371 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:26.640 was an active Reddit user, where she frequently discussed topics 372 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:30.799 related to homeschooling. There you know, upbringing children and even 373 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:35.319 premature births as well. The youngest child, Autumn, was born prematurely, 374 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:40.200 which prompted April to establish a nonprofit organization called Autumn Hope, Inc. 375 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:43.839 And this was done to establish Families with sorry to 376 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:47.359 assist families with premature babies, which freaking love that. 377 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.039 That's awesome. 378 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.000 Now. David worked as a technology consultant, and he and 379 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:56.480 April encouraged their kids, particularly their two eldest Robert and Michael, 380 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:00.519 to pursue their interest in computer technology. Now Robert and 381 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:04.480 micro Michael were especially drawn to this, spending extensive amount 382 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:07.319 of time online watching YouTube videos, which led them to 383 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:11.039 creating their own YouTube videos. Even being online, the boys 384 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:15.880 began to dive into some more taboo topics, some things 385 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:18.599 that were otherwise not really talked about in the home, 386 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:21.400 and things that the boys were somewhat shielded from as well, 387 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:25.160 which led to them developing a fascination with some more 388 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:32.559 violent type content. April and David were both devoutly religious individuals, 389 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:35.240 and they wanted to protect their children from aspects of 390 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:39.440 the outside world, you know, evil or harmful people. However, 391 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:44.319 their tendency or sorry, their leniency with technology had unforeseen repercussions. 392 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:48.599 The two brothers became obsessed with this destructive ideology as 393 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:52.319 they watched these horrible things unfold online and you know, 394 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:55.240 things that they really couldn't fully comprehend because of their 395 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:58.400 limited real world experience and being shielded and staying at 396 00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:03.480 home teenagers, the two boys developed a particular interest in 397 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:11.480 school shooters, ones like Columbine, for example. They found these 398 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:15.599 thrilling and began to almost see this as an achievable goal, 399 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.759 something they could do. 400 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.680 Wow. 401 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:20.680