CRIME AND COURTS | IN BRIEF: Oklahoma County judge to decide charge in death

Judge to decide charge in death

It will be up to an Oklahoma County judge to decide whether Brittinie Kay Bullock faces a murder or manslaughter charge in the Aug. 10 death of a 71-year-old Choctaw woman. Bullock was under the influence of PCP when she crashed into several cars on Kelley Avenue between NE 23 and NE 30, authorities said. The final collision toppled a minivan, sending Phyllis Murray through the windshield to her death. Three others inside the van were seriously injured. Prosecutors charged Bullock, 24, with second-degree murder, alleging she killed Murray while committing a felony by leaving the scene of another crash seconds earlier. Defense attorney Michael Johnson argued Friday that crime had nothing to with Murray’s death. Special Judge Fred Doak agreed that first-degree manslaughter was the appropriate charge, but prosecutors intend to appeal.

Jay F. Marks, Staff Writer

SON ARRESTED IN MOM’S DEATH

NORMAN — Authorities arrested a man Friday in connection with the stabbing death of his mother last year.

Norman police helped agents from the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation take Lee Purser, 26, into custody about 5 p.m. at an apartment complex on Norman’s east side. Purser is suspected in the fatal stabbing of Pamela Purser, who was

found dead inside her Lone Grove home on June 17, 2007. Pamela Purser had custody of her 2-year-old grandchild, OSBI officials said. The state

bureau was called in

by local law enforcement officials to help with the investigation. The agency recently got back evidence from a laboratory that directly pointed to Lee Purser as the assailant, but officials declined to specify what that evidence might be. Lee Purser was taken to the Carter County jail in Ardmore.

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