1 Of 3 Oklahoma Sisters Involved In Murder Plot Arraigned

BIRMINGHAM, AL — One of the three Oklahoma sisters who plotted to kill a man in Walker County was arraigned in a federal court in Birmingham Monday. Charis Mapson, 30, is charged with conspiracy, two counts of interstate domestic violence, two counts of stalking and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

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A release by Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Jay Town said the federal indictment also charges Mapson's sisters Tierzah Mapson, 27, and Elisa Mapson, 28, with the same charges. According to the indictment, the three sisters plotted to kill the father of Tierzah Mapson’s child by luring him and his wife to a rural crossroads in a small Walker County town on June 18, 2018.

Tierzah and Elisa have not yet been arraigned.

Law enforcement officials said the sisters' plan was to coax the father of Tierzah's baby and his new wife to Alabama to meet at a place under the guise of a visitation exchange, and then shoot and kill them.

The plan was to be carried out, according to FBI files, June 18, 2018, near a church on Highway 13 in Eldridge, Ala., a small, rural Walker County community about two miles from Interstate 22 and 22 miles northwest of Jasper.

When the father and his wife arrived at the determined location, around 5:40 p.m., the suspects reportedly fired multiple shots at the child's father and his wife while they sat in their vehicle waiting for the meeting. One round entered the vehicle and struck the victim in the shoulder.

The indictment against the sisters was filed Aug. 29. The FBI then notified Fortuna, California, police that the sisters might be hiding out in northern California. The sisters were located a short time later and taken into custody after a brief struggle, according to a police department statement.

"This case took an enormous amount of investigative coordination between a multitude of agencies, both here and outside the district," Town said. "I commend the FBI, the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, and District Attorney Bill Adair for their diligent work on this investigation. There is give and take to everything, and defendants that take off after their criminal activities here in Alabama will be given their day in federal court to account."