Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Murder in Indian Country

Shocking news has emerged from Oklahoma as John Douglas Knight, a 41-year-old enrolled member of the Seminole Nation, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with a homicide that took place in 2015. This heinous crime, which occurred in Seminole County, Oklahoma, has sent shockwaves through the community.

According to court documents, in May 2015, Knight, along with Matthew Armstrong, 32, both of Seminole, Oklahoma, received orders from the Indian Brotherhood, a prison-based gang active in Oklahoma, to go to the victim Scotty Candler’s residence and question him. Knight and Armstrong, both carrying firearms, went to Candler’s residence and planned to question, point their firearms at Candler, and beat him up. Instead, Knight and Armstrong shot Candler in the head, killing him.

Armstrong pleaded guilty on October 20, 2021, and is awaiting sentencing. Court documents reveal that Knight and Armstrong went to question the victim Candler about an unrelated homicide that took place behind a Walmart store in Seminole. Another individual, Kadetrix Grayson, was charged with the homicide in question and is awaiting trial in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Knight pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and will be sentenced at a later date. He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The FBI and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the cases. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Wilson of the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, and Special Agent in Charge Edward Gray of the FBI’s Oklahoma City Field Office made the announcement.

Trial Attorneys Brian Morgan and Rami Badawy of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section are prosecuting the case in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

In related news, another individual, Kadetrix Grayson, was charged with an unrelated homicide that took place behind a Walmart store in Seminole. Grayson is awaiting trial in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

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