Toni Elizabeth McKibben Moran, 47, was found dead near Picher, Oklahoma, on November 1, 2021. The discovery prompted a homicide investigation handled by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI because the death occurred on the Quapaw Indian Reservation and the primary suspect is a Cherokee Nation citizen.

Within two days, on November 3, 2021, investigators arrested 51-year-old Jimmy Gene Kelly Jr. and his 52-year-old wife, Charlana Kelly. Court filings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma say Jimmy Kelly was charged with Murder in Indian Country and using a firearm during a crime of violence; Charlana Kelly was charged as an accessory to a felony. An affidavit quoted in those filings says Kelly admitted arranging a confrontation between his wife and Moran, claimed Moran shot herself in the head, then said he shot her again, moved and attempted to conceal the body, and later returned to dispose of Moran’s phone with plans to burn the body. The affidavit also states Charlana Kelly initially lied about her husband’s whereabouts and later said she did not know where he had been.

Kelly’s criminal history in court records includes a prior federal conviction for second-degree murder in the 1990s and a 360-month sentence for that earlier killing. Does anyone have information about Toni Moran’s life or movements in the days before November 1, 2021?