An accused rapist in Oklahoma has been arrested in a separate case after police said they found him with latex gloves and a painter’s mask as part of a plan to murder his ex-girlfriend and her mother.
Matthew Robert Austin, 18, was turned in by a friend who heard him talking about “harming his ex-girlfriend and family,” per court records obtained by Law & Crime .
Authorities with the Norman Police Department took Austin into custody on July 18 near his ex-girlfriend’s house. Police said Austin had a Home Depot bag filled with the items.
When police discovered the items, he told them he was planning to “paint his room or something along those lines,” records showed.
Austin admitted his intentions to stab his ex-girlfriend and her family and revealed the active case against him by the Moore Police Department regarding the rape of a 14-year-old girl.
A witness said Austin told them his ex-girlfriend was “messing with my life” and “he would just stab them so they would not scream.” He also admitted to having sex with the 14-year-old but told police he thought she was 19, cops said.