Oklahoma authorities arrested 27 year old Hunter Mackey on February 17, 2026, in connection with two separate sexual assaults occurring in Texas and Oklahoma in 2021. The arrest in McLoud, Oklahoma, follows a multi-year investigation involving the Texas Rangers and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Mackey is currently charged with first degree rape and is being held in the Pottawatomie County Jail.
The investigation began in Fannin County, Texas, on October 10, 2021, after a woman reported being sexually assaulted by a man she met on social media. The suspect reportedly picked up the victim in a sedan with Oklahoma registration before driving her to a location where the assault occurred. DNA evidence collected by the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office was submitted to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), which later identified a match with an unsolved sexual assault case in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Early attempts to identify a suspect through familial DNA searches yielded no matches. However, in August 2024, evidence from the Ardmore case was processed through the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) program. Using grant funding from the Department of Justice, investigators utilized BODE Technologies for advanced DNA testing and genealogy research. By September 2025, the research narrowed the search to three brothers.
Further DNA comparison between the sexual assault kits from both the Fannin County and Ardmore cases confirmed Hunter Mackey as the suspect. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation located and took Mackey into custody last month. Multiple agencies, including the Ardmore Police Department and the DPS Crime Laboratory in Garland, assisted in the coordination of the case.
