Sequoyah County deputies arrest man for homicide in connection with 16-year-old cold case
Rex Robbins
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Posted: 03/06/2013
SEQUOYAH COUNTY, Okla. - Sheriff's deputies in Sequoyah County are cracking cold cases with the help of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Sheriff Ron Lockhart tells 2NEWS his office and the district attorney's office, assisted by the OSBI, have been focused on cold cases recently, and they've made an arrest in connection with a homicide that occurred more than a decade ago.
On Wednesday, deputies arrested 38-year-old Rex Robbins, of Sallisaw, for the murder of Mitchell Nixon almost 16 years ago.
On Oct. 9, 1997, an Oklahoma radio tower worker discovered the 28-year-old Nixon's body along Highway 64 between Sallisaw and Muldrow, where authorities later said it had been dumped.
Robbins was booked into the Sequoyah County Jail. No bond has been set, according to jail administrators, though he's scheduled for a court appearance March 13 at 1:30 p.m.
Lockhart says he expects additional arrests in connection to the case.
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