The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Xavier S. Wilson, 22, of Park Hill, entered a guilty plea to one count of murder in the second degree in Indian Country.
The crime is punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to life.
The information alleged that Wilson, with malice aforethought, unlawfully killed the victim in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1111(a), 1151, and 1153.
At the plea hearing, Wilson admitted that on April 30, 2022, he caused the death of the victim by stabbing the victim with a knife. The crime occurred in Cherokee County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cherokee County Sheriff ’s Office, and the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service.
The Honorable Jason Robertson, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea, and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report. Wilson remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending sentencing.
Assistant United States Attorney Edith A. Singer represented the United States.
