Deceased/Not Found OK - Tamera (Ellison) Lynn Banks, 43, car @ home, missed court PO vs husband, Haskell, 15 Nov 2021 *arrest*

[cocomod]

Man Charged With Murdering His Wife, Burning Her Body In Muskogee County

Muskogee County prosecutors charged a man with murdering his wife and desecrating her body. Investigators haven't found her body, but believe they have enough evidence to move forward.

www.newson6.com

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE, BURNING HER BODY IN MUSKOGEE COUNTY​

Muskogee County prosecutors charged a man with murdering his wife and desecrating her body.

Dayan Banks is accused of shooting Tamera Banks, then burning her body.

Investigators haven't found the body, but believe they have enough evidence to move forward.

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Man Charged With Murdering His Wife, Burning Her Body In Muskogee County

Muskogee County prosecutors charged a man with murdering his wife and desecrating her body. Investigators haven't found her body, but believe they have enough evidence to move forward.

www.newson6.com

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE, BURNING HER BODY IN MUSKOGEE COUNTY​

Muskogee County prosecutors charged a man with murdering his wife and desecrating her body.

Dayan Banks is accused of shooting Tamera Banks, then burning her body.

Investigators haven't found the body, but believe they have enough evidence to move forward.

Wow @cocomod. What sad details in this article. Awful of what some are capable.

 

[cocomod]

Wow @cocomod. What sad details in this article. Awful of what some are capable.

Agreed! So terrible!

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

State, local investigators search for missing Haskell woman

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office in the search for a missing Haskell woman.

www.fox23.com

 

[PommyMommy]

Man Charged With Murdering His Wife, Burning Her Body In Muskogee County

Muskogee County prosecutors charged a man with murdering his wife and desecrating her body. Investigators haven't found her body, but believe they have enough evidence to move forward.

www.newson6.com

MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE, BURNING HER BODY IN MUSKOGEE COUNTY​

Muskogee County prosecutors charged a man with murdering his wife and desecrating her body.

Dayan Banks is accused of shooting Tamera Banks, then burning her body.

Investigators haven't found the body, but believe they have enough evidence to move forward.

Dear God. Prayers for Tamera's family and loved ones.

From the article:

Documents said Dayan had been having an affair with a woman for years, and said the woman told detectives Dayan confronted Tamera about selling his lawnmower.

Documents said the woman told investigators Tamera pulled a gun on Dayan, who then took the gun and shot Tamera before putting her body to a horse trough, bringing it to a relative's property in Okmulgee, and burning it in front of his brother.

The woman told investigators Dayan then placed the remains in a plastic tote container in his truck and hid the trough in an abandoned house in Muskogee.

The affidavit said Dayan again burned and disposed of some remains at a campground.

 

[PommyMommy]

JUN 13, 2023

Haskell man charged for murdering his wife, burning her body in 2021

Muskogee County prosecutors charged Dayan Banks with the murder of his wife, Tamera Lynn Banks, who also goes by Elle Banks, nearly two years after her disappea

okcfox.com

• On June 5, 2023, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Dayan Banks for murder in the first degree and the desecration of a human corpse.
• There were several witness statements included in the affidavit, including some from a woman Dayan had been in an alleged relationship with since 2017.
• Dayan Banks is scheduled for a hearing on June 18 for these two felonies.

 

[PommyMommy]

JUN 15, 2023

Father of Tamera Lynn Banks seeks justice for daughter

A year and a half ago Thomas Ellison knew something was wrong when he hadn't heard from his daughter.

okcfox.com

[...]

Mr. Ellison, who is now in California, had suspicions about Dayan Banks from the beginning, who has now been charged with murder, allegedly shooting Tamera and then burning her body.

"What kind of person would do something like that? I mean all he had to do was just walk away," said Ellison.

He describes his daughter as a good person, a veteran who wanted to set up a program to help out other vets through horse therapy.

[...]

"He’s done this to other people and they haven’t found them either," he said.

NewsChannel 8 asked Ellison if he believed there were other victims besides his daughter.

"Oh yes sir, I surely do," he said.

He says he'll be coming back for the trial and is already preparing to deliver his victim's impact statement.

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

CF-2023-00163
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. KIDNAPPING (FELONY)
2. DOMESTIC ABUSE- ASSAULT & BATTERY (MISDEMEANOR)

06-12-2023	TEXT	ST/S.LIMBURG; ATTY/C.HARLIN; PH CONT OVER DEF REQUEST	​		​
		TO 7/18 @ 10AM R.A.

OSCN Case Details

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CF-2023-00337
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE - FELONY MURDER (FELONY)
2. DESCRETION OF HUMAN CORPSE (FELONY)

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 10:00AM
PRELIMINARY HEARING

06-13-2023

TEXT

INITIAL APPEARANCE QUESTIONNAIRE/ADVICE OF RIGHTS Document Available (#CC23061300000512) TIFF PDF

OSCN Case Details

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(No entry as to the July 18 prelim...)

 

[PommyMommy]

CF-2023-00163
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. KIDNAPPING (FELONY)
2. DOMESTIC ABUSE- ASSAULT & BATTERY (MISDEMEANOR)

08-07-2023	TEXT	ST/S.LIMBURG; ATTY/CALEB HARLIN; CR: JEANNIE STURM; 1	​		​
		WITNESS TESTIMONY TAKEN; OVERRULE DEMUR ON COUNTS 1 AND	​		​
		2; DEF WAIVED 30 DAYS; DCA ON 10/5 @ 1:30PM R.A.

OSCN Case Details

CF-2023-00337
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE - FELONY MURDER (FELONY)
2. DESCRETION OF HUMAN CORPSE (FELONY)

08-07-2023	TEXT	ST/S.LIMBURG & ST/M.COLLIER; ATTY/C.HARLIN; CP: J.STURM	​		​
		4 WITNESS TESTIMONY TAKEN; OVERRULE DEMUR ON COUNT 1 OF	​		​
		INFORMATION; B/O AS AMENDED; DEF WAIVED 30 DAYS; DCA ON	​		​
		10/5 @ 1:30PM. R.A.

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[PommyMommy]

CF-2023-00163
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. KIDNAPPING (FELONY)
2. DOMESTIC ABUSE- ASSAULT & BATTERY (MISDEMEANOR)

10-05-2023	TEXT	ST: S. LIMBURG. DEFT: C. HARLIN. DEFT APPEARS	​		​
		BY PHONE AND AKNOWLEDGES THE INFORMATION AND WAIVES	​		​
		READING. DEFT ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY. DEFT RESERVES	​		​
		MOTIONS. MUTUAL DISCOVERY ORDER. SET ON NEXT DISPO	​		​
		12-15-23 @ 9:00AM. TK	​		​
10-05-2023	TEXT	ORDER OF RECUSAL AND REASSIGNMENT OF CASE

OSCN Case Details

CF-2023-00337
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE - FELONY MURDER (FELONY)
2. DESCRETION OF HUMAN CORPSE (FELONY)

10-05-2023

TEXT

ORDER OF RECUSAL AND REASSIGNMENT OF CASE

OSCN Case Details

 

[PommyMommy]

CF-2023-00163
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. KIDNAPPING (FELONY)
2. DOMESTIC ABUSE- ASSAULT & BATTERY (MISDEMEANOR)

12-11-2023	TEXT	THIRD MOTION FOR SPECIFIC DISCOVERY Document Available (#CC23121200000222) TIFF PDF	​		​
12-11-2023	TEXT	ORDER SETTING HEARING Document Available (#CC23121200000228) TIFF PDF	​		​
12-11-2023	TEXT	COMBINED MOTION IN LIMINE #1 AND MOTION TO QUASH AND Document Available (#CC23121200000232) TIFF PDF	​		​
		SUPPRESS TESTIMONY OF LAUREN JACKSON	​		​
12-15-2023	TEXT	ST: L. EDWARDS. DEFT: C. HARLIN. THIS CASE IS	​		​
		STRICKEN TO NEXT DOCKET 02-28-23. TK/KS	​		​
12-15-2023	TEXT	MOTION IN LIMINE/MOTION TO QUASH AND SUPRESS THE	​		​
		TESTIMONY OF LAUREN JACKSON IS SET WITH CF-23-337 ON	​		​
		01-04-24 @ 9:00AM. TK/KS	​		​
01-04-2024	TEXT	ST: M. COLLIER AND S. LIMBURG. DEFT: C. HARLIN. CR: K.	​		​
		DEBOARD. DEFT APPEARS IN PERSON FROM JAIL. AFTER	​		​
		BRIEF ORAL ARGUMENTS WITNESS B. LANE FROM OSBI SWORN &	​		​
		TESTIMONY TAKEN. THE COURT TAKES ALL MATTERS UNDER	​		​
		ADVISEMENT AND WILL ISSUE A RULING. FINAL PRE TRIAL	​		​
		IN CF-23-522 WILL BE HELD ON 01/16/24 @ 9:00AM. THIS	​		​
		CASE IS SET ON NEXT DISPO 02-23-24 @ 9:00AM. TK/KS

CF-2023-00337
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE - FELONY MURDER (FELONY)
2. DESCRETION OF HUMAN CORPSE (FELONY)

12-11-2023	TEXT	SECOND MOTION FOR SPECIFIC DISCOVERY Document Available (#CC23121200000215) TIFF PDF	​		​
12-11-2023	TEXT	ORDER SETTING HEARING Document Available (#CC23121200000228) TIFF PDF	​		​
12-11-2023	TEXT	COMBINED MOTION IN LIMINE #1 AND MOTION TO QUASH AND Document Available (#CC23121200000232) TIFF PDF	​		​
		SUPPRESS TESTIMONY OF LAUREN JACKSON	​		​
12-15-2023	TEXT	ST: L. EDWARDS. DEFT: C. HARLIN. DEFT SET FOR JURY	​		​
		TRIAL BEGINNING 01-22-24 @ 9:00AM. DEFT CASES	​		​
		CF-23-163 & CF-21-679 SET ON NEXT DISPO DOCKET 02-23-23	​		​
		@ 9:00AM. TK/KS	​		​
01-04-2024	TEXT	MOTION TO EXEMPT WITNESS FROM RULE OF SEQUESTRATION Document Available (#CC24010400000242) TIFF PDF	​		​
01-04-2024	TEXT	ST: M. COLLIER AND S. LIMBURG. DEFT: C. HARLIN. CR: K.	​		​
		DEBOARD. DEFT APPEARS IN PERSON FROM JAIL. AFTER	​		​
		BRIEF ORAL ARGUMENTS WITNESS B. LANE FROM OSBI SWORN &	​		​
		TESTIMONY TAKEN. THE COURT TAKES ALL MATTERS UNDER	​		​
		ADVISEMENT AND WILL ISSUE A RULING. FINAL PRE TRIAL	​		​
		WILL BE HELD ON 01/16/24 @ 9:00AM. TK/KS	​		​
01-04-2024	TEXT	DEFT RESERVES RESPONSE ON MOTION TO EXEMPT WITNESS FROM	​		​
		SEQUESTRATION. TK/KS	​		​
01-05-2024	TEXT	CRIMINAL SUBPOENA ISSUED SHERIFF IN COUNTY (1 ADDRESS): Document Available (#CC24010500001591) TIFF PDF	​		$ 350.00​
		OKLAHOMA COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM FEE	​		$ 25.00​
01-05-2024	TEXT	SUBPOENA ISSUED Document Available (#CC24010500001592) TIFF PDF	​		​
01-05-2024	TEXT	SUBPOENA ISSUED Document Available (#CC24010500001593) TIFF PDF	​		​
01-05-2024	TEXT	SUBPOENA ISSUED Document Available (#CC24010500001597) TIFF PDF	​		​
01-05-2024	TEXT	SUBPOENA ISSUED Document Available (#CC24010500001600) TIFF PDF	​		​
01-05-2024	TEXT	CRIMINAL SUBPOENA ISSUED SHERIFF:TERRELL COUNTY Document Available (#CC24010500001602) TIFF PDF	​		$ 50.00​
		OKLAHOMA COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM	​		$ 25.00​
01-05-2024	TEXT	CRIMINAL SUBPOENA ISSUED SHERIFF:TULSA COUNTY Document Available (#CC24010500001605) TIFF PDF	​		$ 50.00​
		OKLAHOMA COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM	​		$ 25.00​
01-05-2024	TEXT	CRIMINAL SUBPOENA ISSUED SHERIFF:OKMULGEE COUNTY Document Available (#CC24010500001606) TIFF PDF	​		$ 50.00​
		OKLAHOMA COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM	​		$ 25.00​
01-05-2024	TEXT	CRIMINAL SUBPOENA ISSUED SHERIFF:CREEK COUNTY Document Available (#CC24010500001609) TIFF PDF	​		$ 50.00​
		OKLAHOMA COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM	​		$ 25.00​
01-05-2024	TEXT	CRIMINAL SUBPOENA ISSUED SHERIFF:LOS ANGELES COUNTY Document Available (#CC24010500001621) TIFF PDF	​		$ 50.00​
		OKLAHOMA COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM	​		$ 25.00​
01-05-2024	TEXT	SUBPOENA ISSUED Document Available (#CC24010500001622) TIFF PDF	​		​
01-05-2024	TEXT	MOTION/ORDER TO ENDORSE ADDITIONAL WITNESS(ES) Document Available (#CC24010500001624) TIFF PDF	​		​
01-05-2024	TEXT	SUBPOENA RETURN Document Available (#CC24010500001877) TIFF PDF

OSCN - Oklahoma State Courts Network

 

[Caring1]

January 29, 2024

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - A jury has found Dayan Banks guilty of First Degree Murder and Desecration of a Human Corpse in the murder of his wife Tamara Lynn Banks. The jury has recommended life without parole for Dayan Banks.

Haskell man found guilty of murdering his wife and burning her body

A jury has found Dayan Banks guilty of First Degree Murder and desecration of a human corpse in the death of his wife Tamara Lynn Banks.

www.fox23.com

 

[PommyMommy]

It's heartbreaking to think that Tamera may never be found, but I hope seeing this monster held accountable gives her family some peace and comfort.

A big THANK YOU to the jury.

 

[PommyMommy]

Sentencing set for 3/13/24 at 1:30PM

OSCN - Oklahoma State Courts Network

 

[imstilla.grandma]

According to a news release from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), Dayan Banks was convicted on Jan. 29 of first-degree murder and desecration of a human corpse in connection with the death of his wife, Tamera Banks. The jury recommended Dayan Banks serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for murder with an additional seven years for desecration.

Tamera Banks had not been seen or heard from since Nov. 15, 2021, and the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of her disappearance the next day. The OSBI noted Tamera Banks obtained a protective order against her husband following a domestic violence incident that occurred on Oct. 23, 2021. She was scheduled to appear in court for a hearing on Nov. 16, 2021, but failed to show up, which led to her missing person report, KOTV-TV reports.

https://www.facebook.com/OSBI.OK/posts/pfbid0JcXQUYageiRwRX6xpeZpuRweBinb2nS9YSgU4xqQNueAhpRwTgSXVDWBnmJHexsGl

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 16, 2024

Grieving father warns others about domestic violence

"They’re out back in the back part," said Thomas Ellison, taking us to see one of his daughter's horses named Shoe."Shoe, come here!," he said.Tamera Lynn Banks

ktul.com

[...]

Sentencing is next month and while Ellison has some words prepared for his victim impact statement...

"I’d like to ask him why?," he said.

He also has some words for women who might currently be in a dangerous relationship.

"There’s young ladies out there, there’s young girls, that have boyfriends and stuff like that, they need to understand, no man, no boy, no man has a right to put a hand on you or insult you or demean you in any way. If so then you don’t need to be with him because that’s not love," he said.

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

Sentencing set for 3/13/24 at 1:30PM

Sentencing was continued to 3/26/24

03-13-2024	TEXT	ST: M. COLLIER. DEFT: C. HARLIN. CR: J. GUERRA. DEFT	​		​
		APPEARS IN PERSON FROM JAIL FOR SENTENCING. DEFT	​		​
		REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE AS HE JUST REC'D SOME NEW	​		​
		INFORMATION JUST YESTERDAY. CONTINUANCE	​		​
		GRANTED TO 03-26-24 @ 9:00AM. TK/KS

OSCN - Oklahoma State Courts Network

 

[PommyMommy]

Life without parole

CF-2023-00337
STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. DAYAN BANKS
1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE - FELONY MURDER (FELONY)
2. DESCRETION OF HUMAN CORPSE (FELONY)

03-13-2024	TEXT	ST: M. COLLIER. DEFT: C. HARLIN. CR: J. GUERRA. DEFT	​		​
		APPEARS IN PERSON FROM JAIL FOR SENTENCING. DEFT	​		​
		REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE AS HE JUST REC'D SOME NEW	​		​
		INFORMATION JUST YESTERDAY. CONTINUANCE	​		​
		GRANTED TO 03-26-24 @ 9:00AM. TK/KS	​		​
		TO INACCURATE INFORMATION. DEFT ASKS FOR ADDITIONAL	​		​
		CONTINUANCE BUT WILL NOT STATE REASONING AT THIS TIME.	​		​
		THE COURT IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE MERIT OF THE	​		​
		REQUEST WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION. DEFT OBJECTS TO	​		​
		SENTENCING AT THIS TIME AND THE COURT ACKNOWLEGES AND	​		​
		PROCEEDS WITH SENTENCING OVER DEFT OBJECTION.	​		​
		STATEMENTS FROM VICTIM MOTHER AND FATHER READ TO THE	​		​
		COURT BY M. COLLIER. DEFT REQUESTS TO PLAY AUDIO	​		​
		CLIP FOR THE COURT BEFORE SENTENCING.	​		​
		EXHIBIT #1:	​		​
		DEFT PLAYS AUDIO CLIP FROM RULE 11 HEARING WITH L.	​		​
		JACKSON FROM APRIL 2023.	​		​
		EXHIBIT #2:	​		​
		DEFT PLAYS AUDIO RECORDING FROM MAY 2023.	​		​
		EXHIBIT #3:	​		​
		SOUND CLIP OF INTERVIEW WITH AGENT LANE, S. LIMBURG AND	​		​
		FEDERAL ATTY A. BODEA(SP).	​		​
		C. HARLIN READS LETTERS FROM DEFT MOTHER, DEFT DAUGHTER	​		​
		A. BANKS, DEFT DAUGHTER L. HUNTER, DEFT EX-WIFE N.	​		​
		MAYES, AND FRIEND L. BELL.	​		​
		CLOSING BY DEFT COUNSEL AND THE COURT SENTENCES DEFT TO	​		​
		COUNT 1: LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. FINES	​		​
		& COSTS PER J&S. COUNT 2: 7 YEARS DOC WITH A FINE OF	​		​
		$8,000 AND COSTS PER J&S. DEFT REQUIRED TO REGISTER	​		​
		UNDER THE MARY RIPPY VIOLENT CRIME OFFENDERS	​		​
		REGISTRATION ACT. TRANSCRIPT TO BE PREPARED AT THE	​		​
		STATES EXPENSE. TK/KS	​		​
03-27-2024	TEXT	NOTICE OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT UNDER THE MARY RIPPY	​		​
		VIOLENT CRIME OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT	​		​
03-27-2024	TEXT	JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

OSCN - Oklahoma State Courts Network

 

[TwinkieDefense]

April 2, 2024 article - gotta say this doesn’t seem like enough punishment, (imo).

Broken Arrow woman sentenced for burning body of murder victim

A Broken Arrow woman was sentenced to almost two years in prison on Tuesday for burning the body of a murder victim, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced.

www.fox23.com

[…]

A Broken Arrow woman was sentenced to almost two years in prison on Tuesday for burning the body of a murder victim, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced.

[…]

Investigators say Jackson helped burn the body of a victim who had been murdered by another individual, Dayan Banks, between Nov. 15 and 16 of 2021.

[…]