Background: The Skiatook, Okla., home where Tanya Anderson was found dead (Reagan Ledbetter/Facebook). Inset: Chad Weathers (Osage County Jail).
An Oklahoma man was charged with allegedly murdering his girlfriend, and when police arrived, he reportedly had an ominous greeting for them.
Chad Weathers, 49, was booked into the Osage County Jail on Sunday after police found his girlfriend, Tanya Anderson, dead of a gunshot wound in his home. According to reporting by local CBS affiliate KOTV, officers had responded to the home after Weathers called 911 at around 9:30 a.m., telling dispatchers that he needed officers at his home.
When Weathers was asked why, he ended the call.
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Police reported to the home and were greeted at the door by Weathers who reportedly told the officers, “I’ve got a weird one for you.” He then allegedly told them that he had shot his girlfriend the night before.
Anderson was found in the bedroom of the home and declared dead at the scene. A gun was next to her body.
WOTV spoke to Skiatook Police Chief Jason Willingham, who said that Anderson’s family had mentioned a history of domestic violence between the couple, but no reports were ever made. Willingham told WOTV that there was no immediate indication of a motive behind the alleged crime or a reason why Weathers allegedly waited so long to report Anderson’s death. He explained that the investigation was just beginning.
“Just because [Weathers is] in jail doesn’t mean the case is wrapped up,” Willingham told WOTV. “We are going to continue to try to find out answers, try to find out ways this could have been prevented.”
He added, “The ‘why.’ The family deserves this. These are obviously traumatic situations. This is a nice, quiet neighborhood. Nobody expected anything like this to happen. The family didn’t expect anything like this to happen.”
Weathers was charged with first-degree murder and is still in custody.
