An Oklahoma dad beat his daughter’s abusive boyfriend to death at the request of the young girl, Tulsa Police said.
The boyfriend, Anthony Pietrzak, 18, was found beaten to death and hogtied early Thursday near the home he lived in with his girlfriend outside Tulsa.
Dearld Peal, 46, and Tracy Price, 40, were arrested Wednesday on kidnapping charges, and first-degree murder charges were added against each man after Pietrzak’s body was found.
Peal, the father of Pietrzak’s girlfriend, was asked by his daughter to beat up Pietrzak because he had been beating her, Officer Jeanne Mackenzie said. It’s not clear how or why Price may have been involved.
“She got these…individuals to beat up her boyfriend because she alleged he was beating on her,” MacKenzie said.
Peal reportedly told Pietrzak “that he would never be able to hurt his daughter again,” according to the affidavit.
Peal told police he was not there when the homicide occurred, Tulsa World reported.
An anonymous caller told police Tuesday a man known only as “Anthony” had been killed and dismembered.
The name of the girlfriend was not released by police and she has not been charged.
Mackenzie said more arrests were possible and detectives were trying to determine if a third man was involved in the attack.
