Search underway for man last seen in Arkansas who is wanted in connection with multiple homicides and carjackings in Oklahoma

Authorities are searching for an “armed and dangerous” man believed to be connected to multiple homicides and carjackings in Oklahoma and has been spotted across the state line in Arkansas, according to police.

Authorities are searching for an “armed and dangerous” man believed to be connected to multiple homicides and carjackings in Oklahoma and has been spotted across the state line in Arkansas, according to police. The suspect, Stacy Lee Drake, 50, is believed to be around Morrilton, Arkansas, where a vehicle he is suspected of stealing was found Tuesday night. He was last seen on foot outside a motel in Morrilton, according to a release from the Arkansas Department of Public Safety. “Drake is wanted in connection with homicides and carjackings in Oklahoma and is wanted on other felony warrants from multiple jurisdictions, with charges including aggravated robbery, carjacking, and murder,” the Arkansas Department of Public Safety said. The bodies of a man and woman were found at a business around 6:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday near State Highway 64 and South 4670 Road in Gans, Oklahoma, according to a news release from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Gans is in eastern Oklahoma – about 16 miles from the Oklahoma-Arkansas state line. “Both sustained injuries consistent with homicide,” the release said. The two victims were transported to the Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner for identification and to determine a cause and manner of death, according to the bureau.