Husband claims dirty truck made him confused about whether he fatally ran over his wife: Police

An Oklahoma antheral is down bars aft moving implicit his woman and killing her, according to instrumentality enforcement successful the Sooner State.

Terry Grant, 56, stands accused of 1 number of manslaughter successful the decease of 55-year-old Cassandra Grant, according to the Ottawa County District Attorney's Office.

On Monday, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office began investigating what it termed a "suspicious death" on East 111 Road successful Miami – a tiny municipality located immoderate 30 miles southwest of Joplin, Missouri.

That morning, Terry Grant called 911 to study that helium recovered his woman "deceased successful the roadway," according to an apprehension warrant obtained by Pittsburg, Kansas-based CBS affiliate KOAM, which serves 4 states successful the broader Joplin metro area.

"Ottawa County Sheriff's Office responded to the determination and discovered Cassandra deceased," the warrant reads. "Initial quality indicated that Cassandra had been tally implicit by a vehicle."

Deputies besides noted the beingness of a dark-colored Ford F-250 "parked successful the roadway adjacent to Cassandra's body," according to an affidavit.

Grant denied work for his wife's death, authorities say.

To perceive the hubby archer it, helium went retired to a Walmart successful Miami the time earlier the grim find successful bid "to retrieve Cassandra's phone, which had been near astatine the store," according to the affidavit.

The suspect said helium returned location astir 6 p.m. the nighttime earlier and had stayed wrong the couple's residence until the greeting "when helium discovered Cassandra's assemblage lying successful the roadway."

"Terry did not cognize wherever Cassandra was anterior to leaving the residence," the affidavit continues. "The roadway is simply a backstage thrust from Terry's residence to East 111 Road."

The defendant, however, allegedly did archer investigators "if helium did tally implicit Cassandra, helium mightiness not person known it due to the fact that of the information of the conveyance and the unevenness of the roadway," according to the affidavit obtained by Joplin-based ABC affiliate KODE and NBC affiliate KSNF which collectively people online arsenic FourStatesHomepage.com.

Investigators besides spoke to a neighbour who said helium past saw the unfortunate the nighttime earlier astatine astir 5 p.m.

"Cassandra knocked connected his beforehand doorway wanting a ride," the affidavit goes on. "[The neighbor] described Cassandra arsenic 'gassed.' [The neighbor] said Cassandra was often intoxicated, erstwhile she would travel to his residence. Cassandra near [the neighbor's] residence walking alone, backmost toward Terry's residence."

The neighbour besides told investigators "almost nary conveyance drives connected that roadway different than helium and Terry and since it is simply a dormant extremity into each of their properties," according to the affidavit. The neighbour added that, speech from the greeting of the grim find, helium "had not near his residence since Friday, respective days earlier Cassandra was found."

Law enforcement cited further grounds successful making their case.

Investigators accidental metropolis cameras – specifically Flock licence sheet readers – caught Grant's motortruck immoderate 10 miles distant from location astatine 5:52 p.m. the nighttime before. Authorities further allege the suspect was spotted astatine a Mexican edifice successful Miami that evening, wherever helium allegedly drank 2 margaritas and downed 2 shots of tequila.

Then determination was the carnal evidence.

An archetypal look astatine Grant's motortruck revealed quality hairsbreadth connected the near rear tyre and the beforehand close tire, investigators said.

Agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation besides allegedly noticed respective parts connected the underside of the conveyance that appeared cleanable – successful juxtaposition with an different soiled truck.

"These cleanable areas stood retired arsenic the wide information of the F-250 was dirty/dusty to the touch," the affidavit goes on.

And, adjacent to the deceased woman's body, authorities besides recovered clumps of hairsbreadth that had been torn from her head.

On Tuesday, Grant was wanted connected a $100,000 warrant; helium turned himself successful to deputies precocious Wednesday morning, jailhouse records show.