A former city councilman was convicted of killing and burying an employee under a septic tank in 2021.
Former City Councilman Kills and Buries an Employee
Daniel Triplett, a former city councilman, was arrested after the Guthrie police confirmed his involvement in the disappearance of his employee, Brent Mack, who was reported missing by his daughter on September 28, 2021.
Mack’s daughter claimed the former city councilman told her that he fired her father and dropped him off in the 100 block of West Cleveland after giving him $1,000 severance a week after she reported her father’s disappearance. However, the employee hasn’t returned home since then.
During the investigation, authorities saw the former city councilman’s vehicle in a surveillance video from the laundromat when he claimed he dropped off Mack, but he didn’t, True Crime Daily reported.
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Former City Councilman Receives Life Sentence for His Crimes
The former city councilman provided the worksite location on County Road 69, where the last footage of Mack and Triplett together was seen before his disappearance.
Authorities went to the location and later discovered the decomposing body of the employee, who was still wearing his work boots and gloves, under the septic tank.
The former city councilman was sentenced to life in prison for killing his employee and burying his body under the septic tank at their worksite.
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