![]() Judge Gary Miller upheld the jury's recommendation in sentencing Becky Bryan to life in prison without the possibility of parole. James said it's to protect her in the hopes of an appeal. Related Story: Nichols Hills Fire Chief's Wife Found Guilty In Husband's Murderīecky Bryan waived her right to speak during the hearing. James said the jury convicted an innocent woman based on character mistakes she made in the couple's marriage. He also wanted the court to know he had been torn in the case, because both the offender and victim are his parents.ĭefense Attorney Gary James asked the judge to consider suspending a part of her sentence, arguing the case lacked evidence. In the letter, he asked for everyone to remember his father Keith Bryan for the person he was and not the details of his death. Prosecutors read a victim impact statement written by the Bryan's youngest son Trent. The courtroom was packed with family and friends, all but the couple's two sons. "I didn't feel relief and it was nothing to be happy about. Until then, she is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of her husband late Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan.īryan's close friend, and now Nichols Hills Fire Chief Terry Hamilton, said he's happy it's over but it did not give closure to his grief. Testimony continues Tuesday morning at the Canadian County courthouse in El Reno.Becky Bryan maintains her innocence and plans to appeal. She also could be heard saying her husband’s employer, the Nichols Hills Fire Department, was hiring people four years prior to the shooting and said the intruder who shot her husband was probably one of those candidates.īecky told police after the intruder shot her husband in the living room, he told her he was sorry, but “he should have (expletive) hired me.” ![]() Prosecutors played a recorded conversation for the jury between Becky and authorities at OU Medical Center, where Keith Bryan died from a gunshot wound to the head the morning after the shooting.īecky could be heard saying she and Keith were “quite in love” but also said she didn’t know he loved her until she moved out and filed for divorce in 2010. She said Becky was on the phone and laughed at having to be tested for gun shot residue because she had seen that on “CSI.”īut Becky’s defense attorney, Gary James, tried to demonstrate how detectives didn’t thoroughly gather evidence at the scene. She’s not the person she used to be.”īecky’s hairdresser, Sharon Valdez, testified that on the way to the hospital, Becky asked if she had ever loved somebody so much that she would do something like that for someone.īut she said Becky didn’t explain what she meant by that question.Īlso taking the stand, Mustang Detective Camie McNeil, who said on the night of the shooting, she found Becky on the back porch with her feet propped up on a table, smoking a cigarette. “We want justice for Keith,” Woodard said. Woodard said Becky had a child’s name picked out, was going to send out birth announcements and wanted to use a pregnant woman’s test results to pull it off. Pamela Woodard, a long-time friend of the victim, testified that Becky once told her about plans to fake a pregnancy test In order to get back together with Mark Holbrook, her ex-lover the man prosecutors said Becky was obsessed with. “It shows that this witness, who she was having an intimate relationship with that day, didn’t have a problem connecting those dots and so if he connected them, the question is, what is the jury thinking?” “Once you hear something like that, it’s hard to put it out of your mind,” attorney and legal analyst David Slane said. The judge asked the jury to disregard the comment. Hubert then caught himself and said it was the day Becky’s husband was shot. When asked by prosecutors exactly when he slept with Becky, Hubert responded “the same day she shot her husband.” ![]() Wesley Hubert knew Becky Bryan as his Realtor but testified Monday in El Reno their relationship was also sexual. The victim is Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan.īecky claimed an intruder shot her husband but she was arrested after authorities found the gun used in the shooting in the clothes dryer. It came during testimony in the Becky Bryan trial.īryan is accused of killing her husband of 33 years inside their Mustang home back in September of 2011. – A shocking slip of the tongue on the witness stand Monday from a former lover of a murder trial defendant prompts a Canadian County judge to instruct the jury to disregard the comment. ![]() Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĮL RENO, Okla. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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