Pieces Of Girlfriend's Ex Found In Buckets Of Cement In Pond; Justin Hammer Arrested

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested an Elmore City man overnight for murdering and dismembering his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend before discarding the body parts in a pond.

Based on information given to them by a witness, OSBI agents arrested 30-year-old Justin Hammer after a traffic stop near his home around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning.
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The witness also said they saw the buckets, smears of blood, and other items used in the murder at Hammer's home located at 22792 N. County Rd. 3170 in Elmore City.

The witness also told agents how Hammer gathered several items, including a mop, clothing and towels, used to clean the blood inside the house and burned those items in a burn barrel on his property.

Agents served a search warrant on Hammer's home and collected several items possibly used in the murder. Investigators are also draining the pond on the Hammer's property in search of the victim's remains.

http://www.news9.com/story/19241871/...girlfriends-ex

Justin Hammer is facing one count of murder.

OSBI agents recovered five 5-gallon buckets and a dog crate containing the body parts behind the suspect's house around 10 p.m. Thursday.

Investigators went searching for the evidence after they say they were tipped off by the suspect's best friend, who was asked to help get rid of the body.
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According to court papers, Hammer said the victim, Brandon Duran, forced his way into Hammer's back door, and yelled at Hammer that ‘he was going to take care of him.' That's when Hammer says he grabbed a .410 single-shot shotgun from his gun safe, and shot Duran in the face.

Hammer says he "freaked out" and didn't know what to do. So he got a saw and cut up the body, and then put it into five, five-gallon buckets and a dog crate, mixed cement and water in the buckets then dumped everything into a pond behind his house.

Hammer says he enlisted the help of a friend who helped Hammer load up the buckets and dog crate into Hammer's truck, but wouldn't help him dispose of the body. It was that friend who told police about the crime.

Prosecutors say they found several items belonging to Duran in a burn barrel behind the house, and blood stains throughout Hammer's residence.
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Hammer's brother was found dead in a pond about a year ago. That death was ruled accidental. Hammer's grandfather tells News 9 these newest developments bring up a lot of questions for him surrounding that death.

http://www.news9.com/story/19250616/...erer-arraigned

[Nell]

How could you keep it together long enough to go to the police? He had to help this dude dispose of a cut up body all the while with a smile and a "sure thing buddy" or dude may kill him too!!!

[TKaz]

Or telling when you realize your prints are on the bucket/crate handles.
"I just carried WHAT to the truck!??"

[LoKi4778]

How does a guy with a name like Hammer use a gun to kill somebody, or omit the use of a hammer altogether during the commission and attempted coverup of said crime? I brain farted for a second when I read the title and thought instantly of the ill-fated weapons designer from Iron Man...

[Abroad]

According to court papers, Hammer said the victim, Brandon Duran, forced his way into Hammer's back door, and yelled at Hammer that ‘he was going to take care of him.' That's when Hammer says he grabbed a .410 single-shot shotgun from his gun safe, and shot Duran in the face.

I don't think that was what happened. If that had been what happened, it would have been self-defence, and the intelligent thing to do would have been to call LE immediately. I am pretty certain he knew that the physical evidence would have told a different story, if it had been left where it fell; hence the clean-up.

[Jerri Blank]

Man Accused of Murder and Dismemberment Pleads Not Guilty

GARVIN COUNTY, OK - 30-year-old Justin Hammer pleaded not guilty to murder charges during a hearing in county district court this morning. Hammer is accused of killing Brandon Duran earlier this month then putting his body parts in buckets and dumping them in a pond. Hammer's attorney says his client shot and killed Duran after he broke into Hammer's home and threatened him. No word yet on whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

http://www.kten.com/story/19433268/m...urderdismember