Elderly Woman Found Dead Identified

An 89-year-old woman found dead in Edmond Saturday has been identified as Bernice Daugherty, spokeswoman Amy Elliot for the state medical examiner's office said Tuesday. This makes Edmond's first homicide of 2012. Bernice Daugherty was the victim, and the cause of death is still pending... Police said Daugherty was found dead Saturday in a bathroom at 1000 E Edwards St. Her nephew, Ronald Sparks, 47, was arrested in connection with her death... According to a probable cause affidavit, Sparks told officers he put his aunt's face into the bath water and used his foot to hold her head under the water until she stopped moving. Afterward, Sparks said he left her body submerged in the bath water and left the house for a couple of hours. When he returned, he called 911. He said he was living in the home with his aunt and his mother. Sparks told police they were evil and planning to kill him. Police said Sparks told detectives he hoped they would think Daugherty's death was an accident. He said he put one slipper on her foot to make it look like she had slipped in the bathroom. He said he also threw her broken eyeglasses into the bathtub, according to the affidavit. Sparks is being held in the Oklahoma County jail without bail...