I was born and raised in BA, still live here. I just wanted to say that you did a wonderful job with this story. Your facts were on point and your delivery was both professional as well as friendly. You have a great speaking voice! I really appreciate your emphasis on how devastating and emotionally challenging this tragedy was on our local law enforcement. As you stated things like this just didn't happen here. Yes, we have crime, of course, but murder period is rare so for an entire family, most of whom were children, it was shocking and heartbreaking. Our city is within Tulsa County which has a population of almost 700k and A LOT of gang activity and high murder rate but the actual city of Broken Arrow is only 120k residents made up of mostly suburbs. The ppl here are good decent people and friendly. Just raising families honestly. Watching what this did emotionally to our law enforcement officers was as heartbreaking as the tragedy itself. It's the kids that get to them so bad. We've had two more family tragedies recently. Both murder/suicide taking the lives of the entire families. Once again our LE was dealing with the trauma of multiple children's lives lost and having to see this then go home to their own families. I'm sorry, I should have stated that all of our first responders EMT, LE, FIRE/RESCUE were all devastated and we're wondering what's happening in our close knit family based community. Why is this happening more frequently. It all began with the Bever Family Murders. I love what you said about how all of the notorious killers the boys were so impressed by and wanted to emulate had all been caught for their crimes or killed themselves during and that's the whole reason there was any notoriety in the first place. Def not the brightest bulbs in the shed. Such a naive way of thinking as well as just being immature. There's a lovely tribute, so to speak, where the house once stood so that's nice in honor of the families. The whole fire thing was really strange tho. I read a comment here that said the devil burned it down. That's kinda the consensus here anyway. Thank you for your time and research on this story. The best job I've seen done. ❤ Oh and I'm a big NFL fan. I'm a Denver Broncos girl tho. Not sure how that goes with your boyfriend being a Colt and the whole Peyton Manning thing but I appreciate the acquirement none the less 😁
I’m pinning this comment, thank you so much for taking the time to write this out as somebody who is from this community. I can only imagine the toll that it took on local law-enforcement, as well as all the first responders, in major urban areas, they have so much more trauma training and resources to handle this kind of thing and because it’s more common they’re a bit more prepared (tho realistically I don’t think you can ever truly prepare for something like this)
Same here. This happened not too far from where I grew up, and it shocked the whole town. Things like that just don’t happen in BA, so it was horrifying. I felt awful for the law enforcement who had to respond to that scene.
this hits so hard considering that’s just a few miles from my hometown but that phone call is just so haunting. like daniel is only a year younger than my brother is now and was my age when it happened. all these kids were just babies. i’m sure they were so sweet. i have no idea how the oldest daughter was able to cope. she heard all of it while slowly dying. i hope she has so much love and therapy☹️
Poor Daniel was a little hero and so young but was so smart to hide and call. I can’t stop thinking about crystal, wondering how she’s managing that kind of post traumatic stress
Dude that you so much, every week I devote at least one day from the time I wake up till I go to sleep researching for these if not more and I’m really glad all that work is starting to pay off
Exactly and now within the last year or so we've had two murder/suicides that involved the entire families being taken out in both cases. The first was 2 adults 6 kids, I know you remember that at 81st Elm and recently another at 91st & Elm. I still haven't heard if that one was 2 adults 2 kids or 1 adult 3 kids but that child was talking to 911 and was gunned down mid call. I'm surprised that call was released honestly. Both times our first responders/law enforcement traumatized by the loss of the children. To think that 9 years ago it was unthinkable, unheard of. We don't usually see murders period but now 3 family tragedies within 9 years is alot for our community. I don't understand why they have to include the children. Typically this is a wonderful town to live in tho.
Same here. It freaked me out when it hit the news, because back then it was the worst crime I’d ever heard of in BA. And it was not too far from the neighborhood I grew up in. That part of BA was quiet and peaceful.
DAISY!! You did such a fabulous job with this one as always! ❤ This is a very very heavy subject that you told in such a compassionate yet straightforward manner. Take care of your psyche, because studying this horrific stories can really take a toll. ❤
I live in BA and couldn’t believe that something like this happened in my quaint town. My best friend went to homeschool groups with Robert and he and I (unknowingly) worked at the same place. Gives me chills when I think about these guys being so close to myself and loved ones. Such a tragedy what happened to that family.
Hey Bailey, I live here too. It was def very diff for our community to comprehend and our Law Enforcement to emotionally make it through. Still seems crazy this happened here.
Honestly while it's plausible that being essentially locked in a house for 18 years straight and taught nothing that wasn't Parent Approved, without any hope of socialising with new people can drive someone a bit nuts and is a form of abuse; killing everyone is definitely an overreaction. It's also somehow a surprise to me that knives were used. Shows a particular distain and personal rage for their victims
I completely agree. 1) it’s actually pretty unusual for abused children to kill their parents let alone the whole family 2) though these boys were the eldest there were still other children in the home who were raised in the same way yet didn’t develop these interests. I really think Robert in particular being an active member in these online communities played the biggest role here. It seems like he likely had some totally fair resentments as most teens do but the online spaces he spent his time in ended up radicalizing him to a point of no return. The choice of the knives is definitely very intimate & violent. They had a lot of guns in the house so I think it’s easy for ppl to overlook the significance of that choice because they’re chalking it up to “oh it’s because the guns would’ve been too loud” but there’s other quiet options available. They didn’t want to poison their family because they wanted to be the thing physically doing the killing. It’s all very tragic
@@DaisyFoko Yes I was also surprised they didn't move onto guns, after their attack of the sister, and particularly when the youngest hid behind the locked door. It definitely feels like Robert was leading things, though it doesn't absolve his brother. As you said, the other children didn't get involved with that
True! Stabbing is personal while shooting is impersonal. Stabbing means you have to be close and you’d feel their blood on your hand while shooting you can have a sort of detachment. This was personal hatred for every member of their family. The little kids couldn’t have abused the oldest boys so that’s crap.
@@thecheeseprofessor The guns that Robert ordered were to be picked up the next day when he and Michael left town. However, Robert wouldn’t have been able to receive the guns because he wasn’t 21. The guns. Were delivered to a gun store and were waiting there. I don’t know how he managed to place and pay for the order of the guns, unless he lied about his age on his application.
Wonderful Video! As for the house burning down: I think it was the fire department at the direction of the city council. Can’t wait to see your next video 😊
I normally will watch TH-cam videos while doing something and quit once I’m done doing that thing but I continued watching all the way through! Fantastic job girl! You should be so entirely proud of the content you’re making! So happy I followed you here before I deleted my TikTok!
What up Daisy! I dig your long form content and think it'll be great to get sort of some summary content on Tiktok to carry over to here :) I listen to these like podcasts when at work :)
@@DaisyFoko You could try to do a first half of the short form as spoiler free, then cut to you, right up in our faces...WHAT FOLLOWS NEXT IS ZEE SPOILERS! If you want a more detailed breakdown...head over to the toobs! :) I'll check em both out :)
Live very close to where this happened and was a teen at the time. They had the whole house closed off with police tape and I remember everyone in town was stopping by like it was a tourist attraction
I lived super close. just a few minute drive away. Every time we rode by my parents would point out the spot. it was so shocking that they couldnt really think of anything but when we were nearby. im not sure why but i thought it had happened wayyy earlier than it did. didn't realize it only happened in 2015.
This reminded me so much of the Stokedale family murders that she talked about in a previous episode. Update: she literally said that at the end of the video haha😅
I really appreciate the long form content! Its so much more interesting and it does take a bunchhh of work. Congrats and hope your channel continues to grow! 🖤🖤
@@Gettinbentoffroadthe city was planning to demolish it but it burned to the ground before they had a chance. No one knows how or why. The boys were in custody. That's the reason for the comment.
i've lived in broken arrow my entire life and i've NEVER heard of this. it's absolutely insane to think that this happened right in my county and i've gone nearly 19 years without ever knowing of it.
@@broskibro9251 This story made the national news. BA didn’t cover up anything. These murders and Michael’s trial was on every news channel in NE Oklahoma.
@janicewingfield5245 Exactly!!! I've seen several comments from ppl saying they never heard about this. I don't get that either. Local news blew it up for a long time. Then there was the pressors to the public regarding how emotionally traumatized our law enforcement officers and first responders were and CourTV and HLN featured big stories and like you said, it was a nationally covered trial. It was def crazy that this happened here tho.
When we lived in Broken Arrow, we lived less than a mile away from the Bevers. I watched 100% of News On 6’s coverage daily when they did a long recap of Michael’s trial. The older brother, Robert, took a plea deal because the death penalty was on the table. Michael was 16 years old when he and Robert killed their parents and 3 siblings, so he couldn’t be up for the death penalty. The parents had cameras set up all over the house. The parents kept a tight reign and surveillance on them. The two surviving siblings, a 13 year old who was evicerated (among other injuries, and the 2 year old were adopted by the foster care woman and they are thriving. Of course, they have had extensive counseling. You’re wrong about the inside of the house. When the company went through the house to remove the items, there was only 1 large frying pan, a 3 qt pan, and a small stock pot. That’s it. There were only 9 plates and enough silverware for each person to have one set. This is not enough for a family of 9. There was mainly only Mac and cheese in the cupboards and not much else. The kids cooked for themselves. These kids were neglected by their parents according to the oldest sister who told the police and investigators. The same sister told their parents that they were amassing a lot of knives and body armour. The Mom said “Well, boys will be boys.” Those knives were used to murder 5 members and they were wearing the body armour. Robert bought all of it off of Amazon using his paycheck. The parents did NOT buy the knives. You really need to read up on this family. They were NOT what you are portraying. Read all the local news reports and trial transcripts. Many Broken Arrow firemen and policemen either retired or left after going into the house. Broken Arrow’s ambulance service is run by the fire department and there’s a firehouse less than a mile away. The paramedic fireman and the EMT fireman scheduled for ambulance runs that day was the first on the scene, followed by a fire engine, a second ambulance, and then multiple police came. The police pulled the 13 year old out of the foyer into the yard. They thought she was dead. The house had to be cleared before the paramedic and EMT could check on the girl. Her intestines were hanging out of her abdomen, her throat was slit, and she had multiple stab wounds. The paramedic also thought she was dead, but when he checked her neck pulse, she turned her head towards him. Usually, a patient is evaluated and IV lines started before loading them on the gurney, but the paramedic picked her up and ran to the ambulance and the EMT drove like a bat out of hell to the children’s hospital in Tulsa. She underwent an 8 hour surgery and managed to survive. The paramedic broke down crying on the stand during Michael’s trial and a recess was called so he could compose himself. The other police, paramedic and EMT also cried on the stand when they testified. To find two children stabbed to death in a bathroom was more than they could take. The first responders had lots of chaplains talk to them and they had access to counseling. All of them said that was the worst crime scene they’d ever been to. When the oldest surviving sister testified at Michael’s trial, she said she lives in fear of them getting released (life in prison is considered 45 years in Oklahoma) and them contacting her. I think she has a permanent restraining order on each of them and a no contact order. Michael was 18 when he was convicted and Robert pled guilty when he was 18. Michael could possibly be released also at age 63 two years after Robert. It took 2 years to get Michael to trial. I don’t blame the sister being terrified of her two brothers. You’re really off the mark with your video about this family. More research is needed into this sad family and criminal brothers. Robert stabbed a nurse with a pencil at his prison and has had numerous prison issues. He’s got a lot of psychological issues, too. Michael is housed at another prison and they will never be held in the same prison. Both sisters have had their names changed. Crystal is no longer Crystal and neither girl has the last name of Bever.
The memorial park is for the FIRST RESPONDERS and the surviving sisters. The company my husband works for, the founder made a very sizable donation to make the park.
There IS information about the family dynamics if you had investigated further. There’s even a Facebook page about this crime and the family. News on 6 in Tulsa (Broken arrow is a suburb of Tulsa and is a huge city) is a great resource and they had a reporter do a Facebook live every evening going over notes she took during the trial each day. That reporter went to law school and is now a practicing attorney.
I think you're being overly harsh with Daisy. She did a good job and had a lot of facts right. I do remember the mom and the boys will be boys comment and most definitely the trauma suffered by our first responders and law enforcement. It was so heartbreaking to see what it did to them.
Oh one other thing tho. Michael was 15 at the time of the murders/arrest not 16 but you're correct that you must be 18 to be eligible for the death penalty.
@@KatSpade1018 Nope. Every police report and court record listed Michael as 16. Directly from, the police report: The two killers fled the scene through the back door of the house when police arrived and headed into a wooded area behind the property. They were apprehended quickly at 12:18 AM with the use of a K9 unit and arrested without incident. The suspects were identified as 18-year-old Robert Bever, the oldest son of David and April Bever, and his 16-year-old brother, Michael Bever; the pair were found hiding beneath a bush. Robert was armed with a knife at the time of his arrest.
Hello neighbor. My whole life too and yes it sure was. There's so many ppl from our town commenting. I'm glad to at least see so many of us still following the story tho. You never know what new info you might learn.
I grew up in Broken Arrow, and crazily enough, I actually vaguely knew Robert. I attended a youth group at a local church when I was in early-mid high school, and he was in that group for a while. My memories of that era are a bit hazy, but nothing about him even remotely stood out to me as worrisome, or even odd…he was just a kid who was really into video games, like most kids at that age! So of course I was shocked when I heard about this horrific story….you think you know people huh?
Saw this video in my recomended feed and was like "Broken Arrow? What're the chances it's Okla-" and yeah okay. Shoulda known. Soooo much crazy shit happens here. I used to live in a really small town that had a horrific trafficking & drug problem. I had a handful of instances of people trying to either follow me home or kidnap me: a very common tactic used against people driving home late at night is to have a car pull out in front of you, and then they start slowing down and when you pass a side road another car pulls out behind you and the two sandwich you between them, eventually forcing you to stop. The few times that happened to me, I just pulled onto a side road and completely turned around and went back a few miles. The apartment I was living in was also in a pretty unsafe neighborhood; I'm not lying or exaggerating when I say that at least 10 times a month someone would try to break into my apartment through the side door that faced the trailer park next to us. Two years into living at that apartment, the abandoned trailer house next to us caught fire due to crackheads. Very glad I no longer live there. This isn't even mentioning the probable cult that's taking over Bixby lmao
@@DaisyFoko Oh yeah, Oklahoma kinda reminds me of Florida with how much weird shit happens here. If you're interested, the cult is called BlueFlame47. They updated their website last I saw, so it no longer looks creepy AF. They got a podcast and so much more. I remember before they got really big, I'd have to drive past their compound because a friend lived in a neighborhood near them. They used to live in these decently big white tents and I NEVER saw anyone out in the yard or anything. Just the tents. Eventually they built the big red barn thing that they use for congregation and you can see photos of it on their site. I've heard rumors, though they've never been substantiated as far as I'm aware, that they would pay people to attend services. And then because people needed/wanted the money they'd slowly be indoctrinated. Though honestly, BlueFlame47 might not ACTUALLY be a cult... they're backed by a REALLY large global (I'm pretty sure it's global? It might just be national) company that I can't remember off the top of my head. That's according to their website last I checked, anyways. They're buying a ton of land in Bixby, including what used to be one of my favorite local gas stations, Fox Mart. I recently had to drive past it to take my dog to the vet and I have no idea what the building is now. It just says "BlueFlame47" on it and there's no indication as to its purpose.
Northeastern Oklahoma has its share of this terrible shit. The Bevers, the 1977 Girl Scout murders, Wayne Henry Garrison leaving a dismembered 13 year old boy in the lake I FUCKING SWAM IN AT THE TIME… We’re… special…
my little brother was hanging out with our other sibling and their ex around that time, he met the entire family at a park close to their house, the said ex lived down the road from the house that it happened at. pretty crazy, super sad.
This reminds me of the Fundi Summer camp I used to be forced to go to. Most of the other kids were home schooled & if they didn’t show up one year it was one of 3 reasons: Teen pregnancy & now they’re at reform camp, su!cide attempt & now they’re at a mental health facility or family ann!h!lation attempt & now they’re in jail 😢
Not from BA, but I lived close by and I hadn't heard of this incident, though honestly I don't find it all that shocking that something like this happened. OK is a crazy state.
the reason that serial killers seem to "get away" with stuff so often before being caught isn't because they're super geniuses manipulating everybody around them it's because the police are often inept
My dad lived across the street YEARSA after and my younger step sister said all the time about how she wanted to play with the little kids across the street. Except there werent other kids on that street.
The woman that took both girls in as foster children ended up adopting them both. Both girls have had their names changed and their last names are no longer Bever. Crystal started attending a public school and ran cross country. She also got her drivers license. The youngest girl had severe separation anxiety and it was difficult to drop her off at her daycare. Eventually she overcame her separation anxiety. She too attended public school. Both girls didn’t attend Broken Arrow public schools. They lived in a different Tulsa suburb.
Even with four kids your attention gets split. Even if you work from home or don’t work at all that doesn’t change a single thing. That is actually completely irrelevant whether or not you work. You still wouldn’t be able to give the same amount of attention to each kid. Or I phrased that wrong. You could def split your time evenly but each kid would get such little time.
The Dad was always on his computer working. April would shut herself in her office and was online all day on Reddit and doing her blog. She didn’t supervise the children’s online school. The parents relied on the video cameras in the house to keep tabs on the kids. Neither parent was hands on with the children or paid much attention to them. They didn’t have meals as a family. The kids cooked or made their own meals. These kids were neglected and this is what the oldest surviving sister testified in court during Michael’s trial.
this is random-ish if your parents is consistently posting you online for thousands of people without your consent, that’s is not okay. if you’re a baby that’s different. if you’re a kid that understands, your parent has no reason to post you.
I'm at the beginning of the video, but I just wanted to say, you are so strikingly beautiful. Like a young Shelly Duvall IMO. Anyway, sorry for being weird, but I had to say it :)
the reason why it burnt down is because some kids burned it down after the murders, nobody wanted that house in their neighborhood after that. I still live in broken arrow and I’ve seen the house a few years after the murders or what was left of it..
I was supposed to housesit the house across from the Bevers that night but ended up not. Also, I worked at the same place; Micahtek is a Christian call center where people call to pray with you or you sell them sell from televangelists.
I was born and raised in BA, still live here. I just wanted to say that you did a wonderful job with this story. Your facts were on point and your delivery was both professional as well as friendly. You have a great speaking voice!
I really appreciate your emphasis on how devastating and emotionally challenging this tragedy was on our local law enforcement. As you stated things like this just didn't happen here. Yes, we have crime, of course, but murder period is rare so for an entire family, most of whom were children, it was shocking and heartbreaking. Our city is within Tulsa County which has a population of almost 700k and A LOT of gang activity and high murder rate but the actual city of Broken Arrow is only 120k residents made up of mostly suburbs. The ppl here are good decent people and friendly. Just raising families honestly.
Watching what this did emotionally to our law enforcement officers was as heartbreaking as the tragedy itself.
It's the kids that get to them so bad. We've had two more family tragedies recently. Both murder/suicide taking the lives of the entire families. Once again our LE was dealing with the trauma of multiple children's lives lost and having to see this then go home to their own families. I'm sorry, I should have stated that all of our first responders EMT, LE, FIRE/RESCUE were all devastated and we're wondering what's happening in our close knit family based community. Why is this happening more frequently. It all began with the Bever Family Murders.
I love what you said about how all of the notorious killers the boys were so impressed by and wanted to emulate had all been caught for their crimes or killed themselves during and that's the whole reason there was any notoriety in the first place. Def not the brightest bulbs in the shed. Such a naive way of thinking as well as just being immature.
There's a lovely tribute, so to speak, where the house once stood so that's nice in honor of the families. The whole fire thing was really strange tho. I read a comment here that said the devil burned it down. That's kinda the consensus here anyway.
Thank you for your time and research on this story. The best job I've seen done. ❤
Oh and I'm a big NFL fan. I'm a Denver Broncos girl tho. Not sure how that goes with your boyfriend being a Colt and the whole Peyton Manning thing but I appreciate the acquirement none the less 😁
I’m pinning this comment, thank you so much for taking the time to write this out as somebody who is from this community. I can only imagine the toll that it took on local law-enforcement, as well as all the first responders, in major urban areas, they have so much more trauma training and resources to handle this kind of thing and because it’s more common they’re a bit more prepared (tho realistically I don’t think you can ever truly prepare for something like this)
Same here. This happened not too far from where I grew up, and it shocked the whole town. Things like that just don’t happen in BA, so it was horrifying. I felt awful for the law enforcement who had to respond to that scene.
this hits so hard considering that’s just a few miles from my hometown but that phone call is just so haunting. like daniel is only a year younger than my brother is now and was my age when it happened. all these kids were just babies. i’m sure they were so sweet. i have no idea how the oldest daughter was able to cope. she heard all of it while slowly dying. i hope she has so much love and therapy☹️
Poor Daniel was a little hero and so young but was so smart to hide and call. I can’t stop thinking about crystal, wondering how she’s managing that kind of post traumatic stress
would you mind giving me a jist of the call? i'm curious but also i know i'll regret it if i listen to it lmao
You in Tulsa? 81st and Sheridan here
@@the_algorithmyoooo! I’m off MLK by the closed Gilcrease school!
@@the_algorithmI'm Tulsa County but in the city of Broken Arrow. Needless to say in Tulsa quite a bit 😁
I grew up in Broken Arrow! I remember this. It was WILD. You are such a great story teller!!!!
Also it was definitely arson but I can’t say more lol.
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You should be proud of both the amount of presentation and research you do for your work, and the new followers show that
Dude that you so much, every week I devote at least one day from the time I wake up till I go to sleep researching for these if not more and I’m really glad all that work is starting to pay off
I lived in broken arrow and I never thought anything like this could happen in this pretty peaceful town
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Exactly and now within the last year or so we've had two murder/suicides that involved the entire families being taken out in both cases. The first was 2 adults 6 kids, I know you remember that at 81st Elm and recently another at 91st & Elm. I still haven't heard if that one was 2 adults 2 kids or 1 adult 3 kids but that child was talking to 911 and was gunned down mid call. I'm surprised that call was released honestly.
Both times our first responders/law enforcement traumatized by the loss of the children. To think that 9 years ago it was unthinkable, unheard of. We don't usually see murders period but now 3 family tragedies within 9 years is alot for our community. I don't understand why they have to include the children.
Typically this is a wonderful town to live in tho.
Same here. It freaked me out when it hit the news, because back then it was the worst crime I’d ever heard of in BA. And it was not too far from the neighborhood I grew up in. That part of BA was quiet and peaceful.
DAISY!! You did such a fabulous job with this one as always! ❤ This is a very very heavy subject that you told in such a compassionate yet straightforward manner. Take care of your psyche, because studying this horrific stories can really take a toll. ❤
THANK YOU! It is very heavy doing the spooky Saturdays but I just started therapy again so that should help
I live in BA and couldn’t believe that something like this happened in my quaint town. My best friend went to homeschool groups with Robert and he and I (unknowingly) worked at the same place. Gives me chills when I think about these guys being so close to myself and loved ones. Such a tragedy what happened to that family.
Hey Bailey, I live here too. It was def very diff for our community to comprehend and our Law Enforcement to emotionally make it through. Still seems crazy this happened here.
spooky saturdays make my wholeeee week this is one of my favorite series on yt!!
AHHH DUDE THANK YOU!!!!
Honestly while it's plausible that being essentially locked in a house for 18 years straight and taught nothing that wasn't Parent Approved, without any hope of socialising with new people can drive someone a bit nuts and is a form of abuse; killing everyone is definitely an overreaction. It's also somehow a surprise to me that knives were used. Shows a particular distain and personal rage for their victims
I completely agree. 1) it’s actually pretty unusual for abused children to kill their parents let alone the whole family 2) though these boys were the eldest there were still other children in the home who were raised in the same way yet didn’t develop these interests. I really think Robert in particular being an active member in these online communities played the biggest role here. It seems like he likely had some totally fair resentments as most teens do but the online spaces he spent his time in ended up radicalizing him to a point of no return. The choice of the knives is definitely very intimate & violent. They had a lot of guns in the house so I think it’s easy for ppl to overlook the significance of that choice because they’re chalking it up to “oh it’s because the guns would’ve been too loud” but there’s other quiet options available. They didn’t want to poison their family because they wanted to be the thing physically doing the killing. It’s all very tragic
@@DaisyFoko Yes I was also surprised they didn't move onto guns, after their attack of the sister, and particularly when the youngest hid behind the locked door. It definitely feels like Robert was leading things, though it doesn't absolve his brother. As you said, the other children didn't get involved with that
True! Stabbing is personal while shooting is impersonal. Stabbing means you have to be close and you’d feel their blood on your hand while shooting you can have a sort of detachment. This was personal hatred for every member of their family. The little kids couldn’t have abused the oldest boys so that’s crap.
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The guns that Robert ordered were to be picked up the next day when he and Michael left town. However, Robert wouldn’t have been able to receive the guns because he wasn’t 21. The guns. Were delivered to a gun store and were waiting there. I don’t know how he managed to place and pay for the order of the guns, unless he lied about his age on his application.
@@janicewingfield5245It wasn't guns he ordered, it was ammo.
Wonderful Video! As for the house burning down: I think it was the fire department at the direction of the city council. Can’t wait to see your next video 😊
Thank you and I think so too! It seems too professional
thank you for covering this, it’s not talked about much and it happened about 10 minutes away from where i live!
Me too.
You should feel confident! You are really good at this! So thorough and thoughtful.
Thank you so much 😭💖
I used to live right next to Broken Arrow and never heard of any of this, I have no idea why. Great video!
Really?? It was ALL OVER the news.
I normally will watch TH-cam videos while doing something and quit once I’m done doing that thing but I continued watching all the way through! Fantastic job girl! You should be so entirely proud of the content you’re making! So happy I followed you here before I deleted my TikTok!
Seriously thank you so much you have no idea how much the encouragement really means to me!!!!
Thank you for making your videos, i have been watching for months, you are awesome! On another note I LOVE your necklace.
Thank you for consistently watching 😭💖 my necklace was a gift from my boyfriend from Tiffany’s they have a bunch of different keys!
i look forward to these every week where i can just set some time away and watch them
absolutely amazing work keep it up daisy!!
Thank you!! I’m feeling v encouraged
What up Daisy! I dig your long form content and think it'll be great to get sort of some summary content on Tiktok to carry over to here :) I listen to these like podcasts when at work :)
Thank you!! I’ve actually been mulling making summary versions but I wasn’t sure if a tldr would be considered a spoiler or not
@@DaisyFoko You could try to do a first half of the short form as spoiler free, then cut to you, right up in our faces...WHAT FOLLOWS NEXT IS ZEE SPOILERS! If you want a more detailed breakdown...head over to the toobs! :)
I'll check em both out :)
@@OneKillQuota bet
Love the channel!
Ahhhhh thank you so much!!!!
Live very close to where this happened and was a teen at the time. They had the whole house closed off with police tape and I remember everyone in town was stopping by like it was a tourist attraction
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I lived super close. just a few minute drive away. Every time we rode by my parents would point out the spot. it was so shocking that they couldnt really think of anything but when we were nearby. im not sure why but i thought it had happened wayyy earlier than it did. didn't realize it only happened in 2015.
I'm about 10 min away. Still crazy to think about.
Thanks for fixing the cliffhanger ❤
It had to be done, I was literally watching it with my boyfriend and we were both like WHAT HAPPENED
Welp, one hand, its cool that i found so many people from my city in a comment section on youtube, but it kinda sucked it had to be about this
I felt that one.
You found another one 👋 and yes, I agree with you.
"rehabilitation" those poor babies will NEVER get that opportunity.
This reminded me so much of the Stokedale family murders that she talked about in a previous episode.
Update: she literally said that at the end of the video haha😅
Right?? It feels eerily similar
@@DaisyFokoyesss it does make you think twice about homeschooling 👀
@@snufkin2245 that it does
I love your channel! You are so respectful and a great story teller.
Thank you so much!
I really appreciate the long form content! Its so much more interesting and it does take a bunchhh of work. Congrats and hope your channel continues to grow! 🖤🖤
The devil burned the house down.
It’s entirely possible
Satan doesn't like that house.
You mean the city? They had it demolished for pretty obvious reason.
You live here too huh?? That's the only time I hear that phrase. We may be right. ❤
@@Gettinbentoffroadthe city was planning to demolish it but it burned to the ground before they had a chance. No one knows how or why. The boys were in custody. That's the reason for the comment.
i've lived in broken arrow my entire life and i've NEVER heard of this. it's absolutely insane to think that this happened right in my county and i've gone nearly 19 years without ever knowing of it.
broken arrow is disgustingly good at covering things up that would make us look anything other than perfect. they fight to keep an image
Same here
I remember this happening. I even knew the guys who did it. I worked at micahtek..
@@broskibro9251
This story made the national news. BA didn’t cover up anything. These murders and Michael’s trial was on every news channel in NE Oklahoma.
@janicewingfield5245 Exactly!!! I've seen several comments from ppl saying they never heard about this. I don't get that either. Local news blew it up for a long time. Then there was the pressors to the public regarding how emotionally traumatized our law enforcement officers and first responders were and CourTV and HLN featured big stories and like you said, it was a nationally covered trial. It was def crazy that this happened here tho.
Your videos are so well made it's amazing
Dude thank you!!
This story was wild... it was on the news a lot. I live in Tulsa, so it was local news.
So nice to see another local vampire enthusiast 😊
I grew up in Broken Arrow, and I remember this. I was so shocked
Hello to another neighbor 👋
Ugh I grew up there and remember the day that happened. 😭 chills
Hey, me too
When we lived in Broken Arrow, we lived less than a mile away from the Bevers. I watched 100% of News On 6’s coverage daily when they did a long recap of Michael’s trial. The older brother, Robert, took a plea deal because the death penalty was on the table. Michael was 16 years old when he and Robert killed their parents and 3 siblings, so he couldn’t be up for the death penalty.
The parents had cameras set up all over the house. The parents kept a tight reign and surveillance on them.
The two surviving siblings, a 13 year old who was evicerated (among other injuries, and the 2 year old were adopted by the foster care woman and they are thriving. Of course, they have had extensive counseling.
You’re wrong about the inside of the house. When the company went through the house to remove the items, there was only 1 large frying pan, a 3 qt pan, and a small stock pot. That’s it. There were only 9 plates and enough silverware for each person to have one set. This is not enough for a family of 9. There was mainly only Mac and cheese in the cupboards and not much else. The kids cooked for themselves.
These kids were neglected by their parents according to the oldest sister who told the police and investigators. The same sister told their parents that they were amassing a lot of knives and body armour. The Mom said “Well, boys will be boys.” Those knives were used to murder 5 members and they were wearing the body armour.
Robert bought all of it off of Amazon using his paycheck. The parents did NOT buy the knives.
You really need to read up on this family. They were NOT what you are portraying. Read all the local news reports and trial transcripts.
Many Broken Arrow firemen and policemen either retired or left after going into the house. Broken Arrow’s ambulance service is run by the fire department and there’s a firehouse less than a mile away. The paramedic fireman and the EMT fireman scheduled for ambulance runs that day was the first on the scene, followed by a fire engine, a second ambulance, and then multiple police came. The police pulled the 13 year old out of the foyer into the yard. They thought she was dead. The house had to be cleared before the paramedic and EMT could check on the girl. Her intestines were hanging out of her abdomen, her throat was slit, and she had multiple stab wounds. The paramedic also thought she was dead, but when he checked her neck pulse, she turned her head towards him. Usually, a patient is evaluated and IV lines started before loading them on the gurney, but the paramedic picked her up and ran to the ambulance and the EMT drove like a bat out of hell to the children’s hospital in Tulsa. She underwent an 8 hour surgery and managed to survive. The paramedic broke down crying on the stand during Michael’s trial and a recess was called so he could compose himself. The other police, paramedic and EMT also cried on the stand when they testified. To find two children stabbed to death in a bathroom was more than they could take. The first responders had lots of chaplains talk to them and they had access to counseling. All of them said that was the worst crime scene they’d ever been to. When the oldest surviving sister testified at Michael’s trial, she said she lives in fear of them getting released (life in prison is considered 45 years in Oklahoma) and them contacting her. I think she has a permanent restraining order on each of them and a no contact order. Michael was 18 when he was convicted and Robert pled guilty when he was 18. Michael could possibly be released also at age 63 two years after Robert. It took 2 years to get Michael to trial. I don’t blame the sister being terrified of her two brothers.
You’re really off the mark with your video about this family. More research is needed into this sad family and criminal brothers.
Robert stabbed a nurse with a pencil at his prison and has had numerous prison issues. He’s got a lot of psychological issues, too. Michael is housed at another prison and they will never be held in the same prison.
Both sisters have had their names changed. Crystal is no longer Crystal and neither girl has the last name of Bever.
The memorial park is for the FIRST RESPONDERS and the surviving sisters. The company my husband works for, the founder made a very sizable donation to make the park.
There IS information about the family dynamics if you had investigated further. There’s even a Facebook page about this crime and the family. News on 6 in Tulsa (Broken arrow is a suburb of Tulsa and is a huge city) is a great resource and they had a reporter do a Facebook live every evening going over notes she took during the trial each day. That reporter went to law school and is now a practicing attorney.
I think you're being overly harsh with Daisy. She did a good job and had a lot of facts right. I do remember the mom and the boys will be boys comment and most definitely the trauma suffered by our first responders and law enforcement. It was so heartbreaking to see what it did to them.
Oh one other thing tho. Michael was 15 at the time of the murders/arrest not 16 but you're correct that you must be 18 to be eligible for the death penalty.
@@KatSpade1018
Nope. Every police report and court record listed Michael as 16.
Directly from, the police report:
The two killers fled the scene through the back door of the house when police arrived and headed into a wooded area behind the property. They were apprehended quickly at 12:18 AM with the use of a K9 unit and arrested without incident. The suspects were identified as 18-year-old Robert Bever, the oldest son of David and April Bever, and his 16-year-old brother, Michael Bever; the pair were found hiding beneath a bush. Robert was armed with a knife at the time of his arrest.
I remember hearing about this. I've lived in Broken Arrow my entire life and this was horrifying to hear about.
Hello neighbor. My whole life too and yes it sure was. There's so many ppl from our town commenting. I'm glad to at least see so many of us still following the story tho. You never know what new info you might learn.
You are so incredible at long form content and I will keep watching EVERY video for as long as you make them!
Omg thank you so much!!!!
Your content is my top content on TH-cam. Love your enthusiasm and analytical brain! Amazing! 😊🎉🤗🤗🤗
AHH THANK YOU!!
I grew up in Broken Arrow, and crazily enough, I actually vaguely knew Robert. I attended a youth group at a local church when I was in early-mid high school, and he was in that group for a while. My memories of that era are a bit hazy, but nothing about him even remotely stood out to me as worrisome, or even odd…he was just a kid who was really into video games, like most kids at that age! So of course I was shocked when I heard about this horrific story….you think you know people huh?
Hey neighbor 👋
Saw this video in my recomended feed and was like "Broken Arrow? What're the chances it's Okla-" and yeah okay. Shoulda known. Soooo much crazy shit happens here. I used to live in a really small town that had a horrific trafficking & drug problem. I had a handful of instances of people trying to either follow me home or kidnap me: a very common tactic used against people driving home late at night is to have a car pull out in front of you, and then they start slowing down and when you pass a side road another car pulls out behind you and the two sandwich you between them, eventually forcing you to stop. The few times that happened to me, I just pulled onto a side road and completely turned around and went back a few miles. The apartment I was living in was also in a pretty unsafe neighborhood; I'm not lying or exaggerating when I say that at least 10 times a month someone would try to break into my apartment through the side door that faced the trailer park next to us. Two years into living at that apartment, the abandoned trailer house next to us caught fire due to crackheads. Very glad I no longer live there.
This isn't even mentioning the probable cult that's taking over Bixby lmao
Woah I had no idea there was so much regional lore???
@@DaisyFoko Oh yeah, Oklahoma kinda reminds me of Florida with how much weird shit happens here. If you're interested, the cult is called BlueFlame47. They updated their website last I saw, so it no longer looks creepy AF. They got a podcast and so much more. I remember before they got really big, I'd have to drive past their compound because a friend lived in a neighborhood near them. They used to live in these decently big white tents and I NEVER saw anyone out in the yard or anything. Just the tents. Eventually they built the big red barn thing that they use for congregation and you can see photos of it on their site. I've heard rumors, though they've never been substantiated as far as I'm aware, that they would pay people to attend services. And then because people needed/wanted the money they'd slowly be indoctrinated. Though honestly, BlueFlame47 might not ACTUALLY be a cult... they're backed by a REALLY large global (I'm pretty sure it's global? It might just be national) company that I can't remember off the top of my head. That's according to their website last I checked, anyways. They're buying a ton of land in Bixby, including what used to be one of my favorite local gas stations, Fox Mart. I recently had to drive past it to take my dog to the vet and I have no idea what the building is now. It just says "BlueFlame47" on it and there's no indication as to its purpose.
i live in BA (broken arrow) and ppl still talk abt this in my school
It was our first big tragedy. We don't hardly get murder here at all. Much less the entire family. Well into recently but not back then.
i live in broken arrow and ive never heard of this before omg😭
There is a park there now
709 Magnolia
Not you too... How?? It was nationwide and our local news covered it extensively.
Northeastern Oklahoma has its share of this terrible shit. The Bevers, the 1977 Girl Scout murders, Wayne Henry Garrison leaving a dismembered 13 year old boy in the lake I FUCKING SWAM IN AT THE TIME…
We’re… special…
I barely see someone speeding let alone committing trespassing in Oklahoma.
@@Topdoggie7there’s a shooting in my neighborhood every day…I live in north Tulsa. Bordering on Turley.
@@rand0mn0sity14 I was always told not to go to Tulsa. I'm seeing why.
@@Topdoggie7you haven't been to the Tulsa area because reckless driving is so common in this area. Had been for over ten years
@@CuCuKM Oh no reckless driving is state wide. I meant crimes like murders.
my little brother was hanging out with our other sibling and their ex around that time, he met the entire family at a park close to their house, the said ex lived down the road from the house that it happened at. pretty crazy, super sad.
I live in BA and the city tore the house down and built a memorial park
She also mentions this in the video
Yay I love when you make a new one. This looks interesting.
Thank you!!
Thank you!
No, THANK YOU!
This reminds me of the Fundi Summer camp I used to be forced to go to. Most of the other kids were home schooled & if they didn’t show up one year it was one of 3 reasons: Teen pregnancy & now they’re at reform camp, su!cide attempt & now they’re at a mental health facility or family ann!h!lation attempt & now they’re in jail 😢
Oh wow that’s such a wild experience
I live only a town over from broken arrow, commenting before watching fully but I’m very curious as to what happened there!
😢 This happened while I was living in Broken Arrow. I couldn't sleep for days.
How have I lived in tulsa my whole life and I never heard about this??
i live near here.... this is too close for comfort
Going through the comments to see who else is from BA and never heard of this
BA yes, heard of it YES it was all over the news everywhere and the trials were publicized nationwide. 😊
Not from BA, but I lived close by and I hadn't heard of this incident, though honestly I don't find it all that shocking that something like this happened. OK is a crazy state.
There was another family annihilation case in New Zealand where the house burned down.
the reason that serial killers seem to "get away" with stuff so often before being caught isn't because they're super geniuses manipulating everybody around them it's because the police are often inept
Absolutely
The fire department is definitely covering up arson just so they can get the park underway
Right? With how fast and thoroughly it burned down it… too coincidental
They burned it down so nobody could brag about living in a murder house. People have done that for decades.
Youre doing great Daisy! Audio is kinda buzzy...other than that "would a bad parent do that?"...lol!
Ty!!
Less than a half mile from my parents home.
Great job. I do wish you looked at us, though.
Wait am I not? Where am I looking 😭
@@DaisyFokokinda to side it feels like your looking at some dude behind us type beat
My dad lived across the street YEARSA after and my younger step sister said all the time about how she wanted to play with the little kids across the street. Except there werent other kids on that street.
I live in Oklahoma, and I haven’t even heard of this until watching this video so sad them poor babies 😢
Damn, crazy that i live here and never heard of this story
Wait bro I live here how do I not know about this??😭😭
I live here and i haven't ever heard about this.
Oh wow that must feel so weird anytime I see cases from Austin it makes it more jarring for me
I remember this happening (I live in Tulsa) I wondered what ever happened
seeing daisy happy makes me happy ^^
😁
I live in broken arrow I remember this
Oh wow
I lived two miles from them when this happened 🧍🏻in the neighborhood they were going to target after their family.
Came to watch a Daisy video, "posted 2 minutes ago" fuck yeah
FATE
I’ve lived in Broken Arrow too
One of my close friends was childhood friends with the survivor. Fucking insane.
Was going to court when he was, kinda crazy theyd shut the whole court house down.
who raised Autumn and Crystal after all this? Does anyone know?
Idk honestly they may have stayed in the foster care system
That’s so sad. 💔
The woman that took both girls in as foster children ended up adopting them both. Both girls have had their names changed and their last names are no longer Bever. Crystal started attending a public school and ran cross country. She also got her drivers license. The youngest girl had severe separation anxiety and it was difficult to drop her off at her daycare. Eventually she overcame her separation anxiety. She too attended public school. Both girls didn’t attend Broken Arrow public schools. They lived in a different Tulsa suburb.
Even with four kids your attention gets split. Even if you work from home or don’t work at all that doesn’t change a single thing. That is actually completely irrelevant whether or not you work. You still wouldn’t be able to give the same amount of attention to each kid. Or I phrased that wrong. You could def split your time evenly but each kid would get such little time.
The Dad was always on his computer working. April would shut herself in her office and was online all day on Reddit and doing her blog. She didn’t supervise the children’s online school. The parents relied on the video cameras in the house to keep tabs on the kids. Neither parent was hands on with the children or paid much attention to them. They didn’t have meals as a family. The kids cooked or made their own meals. These kids were neglected and this is what the oldest surviving sister testified in court during Michael’s trial.
Why is Cher telling me about murders?
I live like 20 min away from there omg
Clicked bc of broken arrow bro I live 30 mins from there😭
this is random-ish
if your parents is consistently posting you online for thousands of people without your consent, that’s is not okay. if you’re a baby that’s different. if you’re a kid that understands, your parent has no reason to post you.
I'm at the beginning of the video, but I just wanted to say, you are so strikingly beautiful. Like a young Shelly Duvall IMO. Anyway, sorry for being weird, but I had to say it :)
Rest in peace, Shelly Duvall.
i grew up in bixby, damn
I live in broken arrow…
the reason why it burnt down is because some kids burned it down after the murders, nobody wanted that house in their neighborhood after that. I still live in broken arrow and I’ve seen the house a few years after the murders or what was left of it..
I was supposed to housesit the house across from the Bevers that night but ended up not. Also, I worked at the same place; Micahtek is a Christian call center where people call to pray with you or you sell them sell from televangelists.
Damn I just moved here😭😭
I live there
WTF THEY RAISED THEM TO BECOME KILLERS.
I think it’s so normalized for boys to be into weapons and war that a lot of parents don’t recognize the red flags
@@DaisyFoko exactly! Let’s normalize boys being into peace instead of war 😭
Supplied an insane amount of murder weapons. My mother often bought me knives because she knew I loved them.
why the wig for?
not a hate comment btw
One of my followers on TikTok asked me to do black wigs for true crime vids as a visual identifier so I do it for them 😁
daisy likes to hear herself talk. yawn.....