OSBI Arrests Man Following Suspicious Death Investigation In Harper County

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents have arrested 40-year-old Charles Vernon Thex II on a felony warrant for murder in the second degree and DUI following an investigation by OHP and OSBI.

Thex was arrested in connection to the death of Donald Lovell in 2021.

The investigation began at the request of the Harper County Sheriff's Office in July of 2021.

Shortly before midnight on July 7, 2021, deputies were called to Jane Jayroe Blvd. in Laverne where they found Lovell in the road.

Lovell appeared to have been hit by a vehicle.

Through the investigation, law enforcement discovered that the two men were brothers-in-law and had been in an argument.

The Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Lovell died as a result of injuries sustained as a pedestrian hit by a vehicle.

Thex was arrested Monday in Laverne and transported to the Harper County Jail.