AUSTIN – The man whom law enforcement believes raped two different women in Texas and Oklahoma in 2021 has been taken into custody. Hunter Mackey, 27, was arrested by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) for first-degree rape in McLoud, Okla. on Feb. 17.
On Oct. 10, 2021, a female victim was sexually assaulted by a male suspect — now identified as Mackey — in North Texas. The victim told Fannin Co. Sheriff’s Office investigators that she had met the man through social media. The suspect had picked her up in a sedan with Oklahoma registration, driven her to a location and sexually assaulted her. DNA collected during the investigation was submitted to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) – a national database to check for possible DNA matches between arrestees and unsolved cases nationwide – by the DPS Crime Laboratory in Garland.
Two months later, investigators were notified of a possible CODIS match between the Fannin Co. case and another similar sexual assault case out of Ardmore, Okla., being investigated by the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and the Ardmore Police Department. The Texas Rangers began coordinating with law enforcement in Oklahoma to conduct a familial search of the DNA samples from the Ardmore case through DPS’ Crime Laboratory Division. Unfortunately, the familial search yielded no matches, and no arrests were made…