Scott William Lanham, a 45-year-old resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison. The sentence is for one count of accessory after the fact to murder in Indian Country. The case was handled by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The investigation involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Seminole Police Department, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Texas Rangers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Lanham pleaded guilty on March 4, 2024. Court documents revealed that in April 2019, he assisted one of the murderers by disposing of a weapon and destroying evidence to impede arrest and prosecution efforts. Despite these actions, authorities continued their investigation which led to the conviction of Coker Dean Barker for murder by a federal jury on April 10, 2023.

The incident took place in Seminole County within the boundaries of the Seminole Nation Reservation in Eastern Oklahoma.

U.S. District Judge John Heil III presided over Lanham's sentencing hearing. Lanham will be held by the U.S. Marshals Service until he is transferred to a designated facility under the United States Bureau of Prisons system to serve his non-paroleable sentence.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Gross representing the United States.