The girl who shot Even Cochran Stout Jr?

If you don't live in Oklahoma, chances are you've seen Tiffany Wesley on The First 48 Hours, episode Love, Hate & A Soldier's Life (video embedded below). Evan was found shot in the head in his car. It didn't take long to realize he'd been shot while facing forward in the seat from the right hand or passenger side of the car. Tiffany clearly hadn't planned to kill him since she lost a shoe running away and dropped her telephone and other things with her name on them.

During her police interview she said she had shot out the passenger window hoping to gain the attention of the police because Evan was allegedly abusing her and said he was going to kill her and that when she shot him he was looking for his gun in the console. One of the officers makes the point that if her story were in fact true, he would have been shot in the face or forehead, but that he had been looking forward at the the time of the shooting since he was shot in the side of his head. Evan was declared braindead after the shooting. Tanikka West and Angela Friday performed CPR on Evan Stout Jr. after they found him shot in the head. While their efforts were heroic, he died on Sunday.

You can view Evan's burial details here

Tiffany has entered a plea deal where she plead guilty to first degree manslaughter, which is when someone unintentionally kills another person either in the commission of a misdemeanor, in the “heat of passion” or in an attempt to resist a crime. This charge requires a minimum prison sentence of four years with at least 85% of the time being served. As part of the agreement, she received 10 years. This means she will at least serve 8.5 years on that charge. She had a previous charge of possession with a controlled substance with intent to distrubute. She was also charged with possession of a firearm while on probation.

Obviously adult criminal court always tries to make a plea deal or the courts could run twenty four hours a day for years and never be empty. It would be hard to prove it was a premeditated murder since the scene was clearly chaotic, meaning she didn't have much intent of getting away with it. Evan's family is left to mourn. Losing a child is a terrible thing that one never really gets over, they simply get through it, sometimes on a daily basis.

You can write to her at:

Tiffany Wesley, OK DOC#: 758649
Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center
400 Oak St
Taft, OK 74463

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