Clayton Derrell Lockett

Case background: Lockett was convicted in the murder of Stephanie Neiman, 19, of Perry. Neiman’s friend Summer Hair had asked Neiman to drive to a friend’s house to ask if he would like to attend a party. Neiman waited in the truck while Hair went into the house. Once inside, Hair found her friend, Bobby Bornt, severely beaten and bound. Hair was attacked by Clayton Lockett before being forced to coax Neiman inside. All three were beaten before Lockett and his accomplices, Alfonzo Lockett and Shawn Mathis, loaded the three victims into two pickups and drove them to a rural Kay County road. Lockett ordered Mathis to dig a grave while Neiman watched. He took Neiman at gunpoint to a ditch and shot her with a shotgun. When the shotgun jammed, he returned to the truck to fix it and then shot Neiman a second time as she pleaded for mercy. While Neiman was still alive, Lockett ordered his accomplice to bury her. He later described to investigators how Stephanie was still alive and choking on the dirt as they buried her alive.