Overview
- Deputies responding to a welfare check near Bryant and Simmons Road found 49-year-old Spring Weems dead in a trash bin outside her Logan County home.
- Two teenagers were at the residence when officers arrived, and a statement that their mother was in the trash can led authorities to the discovery.
- OSBI says Weems’ injuries were consistent with homicide, and her remains were sent to the medical examiner as the autopsy and motive inquiry continue.
- One adoptive son was arrested and booked into the Canadian County juvenile center on a first-degree murder complaint, while the other child is being placed in a safe setting.
- Officials say Weems was the sole caretaker of the teens, and investigators are interviewing neighbors and processing evidence to determine each child’s connection to the death.