Charges Dropped In 2010 Pittsburg County Double Murder

Pittsburg County prosecutors have dismissed the murder charges against an Iowa man in the shooting deaths of two men in 2010.

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 4:43 pm

By: News On 6

Charges Dropped In 2010 Pittsburg County Double Murder

Pittsburg County prosecutors Tuesday dismissed the murder charges against an Iowa man in the shooting deaths of two men in 2010.

According to the McAlester News-Capital, prosecutors abruptly dropped the two counts of first-degree murder against Scott Bornheim.

Read the story in the McAlester News-Capital.

He was charged with shooting David Smith, 46, and Mark Anthony Hall Jr., 28, at a mobile home near Hartshorne on December 5, 2010.

Investigators arrested him in October of 2014.

District Attorney Farley Ward told the McAlester News-Capitol two people who had given statements to investigators about Bornheim's alleged involvement recanted.

According to court documents, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said the killings stemmed from a dispute over a stolen Bobcat skid steer loader.

Court records in Iowa show Bornheim was on probation after a conviction in 2012 for stabbing a man in Iowa Falls when he was arrested for the Oklahoma double shooting.