Man In Custody After Fatal Stabbing Of Oklahoma Woman

Authorities have a 31-year-old man in custody in the fatal stabbing of a woman in eastern Oklahoma.

The LeFlore County Sheriff's Office says Steven Asher was captured Monday not far from where he is suspected of stabbing a 27-year-old woman to death hours earlier. The victim was identified as Amanda Millar.

Her body was found near a park Monday morning in Pocola, near the Arkansas state line.

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Investigators believe an argument between Asher and Millar inside a nearby home escalated and that Asher stabbed the woman to death. 

Authorities say Asher was seen fleeing from the residence into nearby woods and that he was carrying a machete and had blood on his face.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.