Dayan Banks: Oklahoma man convicted of killing estranged wife and burning her body with mistress
OKLAHOMA: According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, a husband was found guilty on Monday, February 4, by jurors in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, of killing his estranged wife and setting her corpse on fire with the assistance of his mistress.
They suggested that Dayan Banks, the 47-year-old defendant, spend life without the chance of parole in addition to seven years in jail for a desecration charge.
Lauren Jackson accused of defiling human corpse
According to the authorities, on November 15, 2021, one day before a hearing was set to discuss the protective order his wife Tamera Lynn Ellison Banks, 43, had murdered him.
The mistress, 35-year-old Lauren Ann Jackson, is accused of defiling a human corpse in an Indian reservation in federal court.
She acknowledged assisting in the burning of Tamera's corpse at a residence on N 253rd Road in the Okmulgee city in a plea deal that Law&Crime was able to view.
“Once there, the defendant assisted in and oversaw the burning of the body of TB, a non-Indian whom DB had murdered earlier in the day on November 15, 2021,” authorities wrote.
“The body of T.B. was burned in a metal horse trough, and the defendant used a shovel to stoke the fire and assist in the disposal of the remains of TB”
Tamera Banks was very upset and scared
Lauren Jackson has not yet received a verdict in this case. State records show that on October 23, 2021, Tamera Banks reported her husband to the police. In response, a deputy showed up to meet her at her neighbor's house.
The affiant stated, "I could see that Tamera Banks was very upset and scared." According to documents, she claimed that she had fled to the neighbor's house after her husband had threatened to shoot and physically harm her.
Dayan allegedly pointed a loaded gun at Tamera. She soon obtained a protection order against him, moved in with her aunt in Texas, and listed her house for sale.
However, she later traveled back to Haskell, Oklahoma, to retrieve additional belongings, her horses, and to attend the hearing for the protective order on November 16, 2021.
