Kirk Plepla

Kirk Plepla, a 53-year-old man, was found dead during the early morning hours of August 23, 2026, at a residence in Poteau, Oklahoma. At approximately 12:42 a.m., officers with the Poteau Police Department were sent to a home in the 200 block of South Earl Street to conduct a welfare check. What began as an effort to check on someone's well-being quickly became a homicide investigation when officers entered the residence and discovered Plepla deceased. Authorities determined that he had suffered ...

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