CLAREMORE, Okla. — Police said a Claremore woman claims she accidentally shot and killed her boyfriend while trying to take her own life, but police aren’t buying her story.
FOX23 got ahold of the affidavit in the case.
A relationship that ended with one bullet. Officers said the suspect claimed it was a suicide attempt gone wrong, but officers said that doesn’t line up with evidence found at the scene.
On Sunday morning, the Claremore Police Department responded to their first homicide of the year near Dupont and Moore Avenue.
Lieutenant Matt Rice with Claremore Police said the couple was up all night drinking alcohol and doing cocaine the night before.
“They were both doing drugs and drinking alcohol. They say an argument happened, she wanted to commit suicide,” Rice said.
Police said the woman, Crystal Stanfield, found another woman in her boyfriend Kevin Theard’s phone.
According to the affidavit, Stanfield told officers that she had retrieved a handgun from a drawer in the bedroom in an effort to commit suicide when Theard reached for her to disarm her of the gun. Stanfield said her finger was on the trigger and accidentally fired the gun, striking Theard and causing his death.
This is when officers said Stanfield called a relative to tell them what happened.
Then that relative called Claremore Police.
When officers arrived they found Stanfield on the front porch and arrested her. Shortly after, they found Theard dead in the home.
“When we got here the clues, he was in bed as a normal person would be sleeping and it just kind of didn’t make sense for her story of a struggle and everything,” Rice said.
The affidavit said the blood evidence deposited on Theard from the gunshot is consistent with him having been shot while laying on his back in bed and inconsistent with Stanfield’s description of Theard leaning out of bed and struggling for the gun.
“Investigations are still following up on speaking to people and going through the process. It’s still being investigated fully,” Rice said.
FOX23 will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.
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