Robert Edwin Lewis allegedly killed two people on his birthday – then strangled his girlfriend days later, burying them all in shallow graves. (Credit: Cherokee County Sheriffs Office) An Oklahoma 61-year-old is facing three counts of first-degree murder after an Arkansas man searching for his missing sister found her remains under a pile of leaves on the alleged killer’s rural property, according to authorities.Robert Edwin Lewis allegedly killed two people on his birthday – then strangled his girlfriend days later, burying them all in shallow graves.
Police found him at the Cherokee Casino in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Friday, after they said he called a detective, who is a family member, and confessed to killing two of the three victims.Jimmy Lamb, an Arkansas man, came to Oklahoma to search for his missing sister, Quinley Lamb, last month.
He found her on Friday buried in a shallow grave on Lewis’ property, court documents show. Christina Orosz, who police said was escorting Lamb around the property, is Lewis’ ex-wife.
They two of them found two Arkansas identification cards at a travel trailer area on the property – belonging to Quinley Lamb, 43, and a man named William Ring, court documents state.Cherokee County deputies arrived and met with the duo."Christina said she contacted her ex-husband Robert by cell phone and asked him about Quinley Lamb, Brian Shackleford and William Ring, and Robert told her they was here but now they are gone and won’t be seen again," a probable cause affidavit reads.Orosz then led the deputies to a wooded area with "a big hole" covered in leaves.