Oklahoma park dedicated at former home of murdered family

Five people were killed at the site in 2015

Broken Arrow, Okla. — Community leaders in the northeastern Oklahoma community of Broken Arrow have dedicated a memorial park on the former site of a home where five members of a family were killed by other family members.

A ceremony was held Wednesday to dedicate Reflection Park on the former site of the Bever family’s home.

Authorities say two brothers, 22-year-old Robert Bever and 20-year-old Michael Bever , fatally stabbed their parents, two brothers and a sister in 2015 as part of a plot to carry out mass killings across the country. Robert Bever pleaded guilty in 2016 and Michael Bever was convicted in the deaths last year. Both are serving life sentences .

The house was demolished following a 2017 fire and purchased for a park.

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