Seminole County Resident Pleads Guilty To Second Degree Murder

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Douglas Vaughn Switch, Jr., age 46, of Seminole, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information charging him with one count of Murder in Indian Country – Second Degree, punishable by up to life in prison.

According to investigators, on October 23, 2023, Switch shot the victim in the head with a .380 pistol, killing her instantly.  The crime occurred in Seminole County, within the boundaries of the Seminole Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.  The defendant was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.

Assistant United States Attorney Erin Cornell represented the United States.