MUSICIAN. HE WAS VERY HAPPY IN BAND AND HE LOVED IT TO PIECES. THE INITIAL REACTION WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS, I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT AND I AM STILL WORKING TO TRY TO COMPREHEND THAT THIS IS REAL. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE SAY A TEN YEAR OLD BOY WOKE UP MONDAY AND FOUND HIS FAMILY MASSACRED BY HIS FATHER. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT MAN KILLED HIS WIFE, LINDSAY CANDY, BEFORE HUNTING DOWN THREE OF HIS KIDS. DYLAN, ETHAN AND LUCAS. DYLAN WAS THE OLDEST. THE EIGHT YEAR OLD WAS A STUDENT AT OBU LAST SEMESTER AND PLAYED IN THE BAND. THE UNIVERSITY SHARED THIS PICTURE OF DYLAN AND PRAYED FOR GOD’S COMFORT. OBU’S, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC BANDS, TOLD KOCO DYLAN WAS A GIFTED DRUMMER AND ENERGETIC STUDENT. HE SHARED THIS MEMORY OF DYLAN. WE WERE WORKING ON OUR DRUM CADENCE. WE GOT TO A PART WHERE DYLAN HAD A PARTICULAR, UH, DENSE RHYTHMIC FIGURE. HE PLAYED IT VERY WELL AND IN THAT MOMENT HE REALIZED THAT THAT WAS A SOLO AND HIS EYES LIT UP LIKE DINNER PLATES, AND HE HAD A SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR. HE WAS SO EXCITED. AND IN THAT MOMENT YOU SAW TRUE, UNADULTERATED HAPPINESS. IT’S A MOMENT THAT I THINK ABOUT OFTEN. LINDSAY WAS A 2002 GRADUATE FROM PRAGUE HIGH SCHOOL. HER CLASSMATES SHARED THIS PICTURE OF THEIR GRADUATING CLASS, CLASSMATES SAY SHE WAS A GIRL. EVERYONE WANTED TO BE KIND, BEAUTIFUL, AND FUNNY. NOW THE FAMILY HAS PUT OUT A GOFUNDME TO SUPPORT THAT TEN YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, WAS SPARED FROM THIS TRAGEDY. THE FUNDS WILL ALSO GO TOWARDS FUNERAL EXPENSES AND COUNSELING.
Oklahoma Baptist University band director remembers 18-year-old killed in Yukon home massacre
Family has set up a GoFundMe page to support the 10-year-old boy whose life was spared
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Updated: 6:32 PM CDT Apr 25, 2024
A massacre inside a Yukon home earlier this week has left the community reeling after police said a man killed his wife and three of his sons before turning the gun on himself.One son, however, walked away unharmed and called 911 after discovering his five family members' bodies Tuesday morning at a home near Southwest 29th Street and Czech Hall Road.The oldest son, 18-year-old Dylan Candy, was a student at Oklahoma Baptist University last semester and played in the band."He was very happy in band and he loved it to pieces," OBU Band Director Brian Stackhouse said. "The initial reaction was speechless. When I heard the words, I couldn't believe it. I am still working to comprehend that this is real." | MORE | 'Never expected this': Yukon neighborhood shocked by family massacreInvestigators said the 42-year-old suspect killed his wife, Lindsay, before killing Dylan and two other sons, 14-year-old Ethan and 12-year-old Lucas.The university shared a picture of Dylan and prayed for God's comfort. Stackhouse told KOCO 5 that Dylan was a gifted drummer and energetic student."We were working on our drum cadence. We got to a part where Dylan had a particular dense rhythmic figure, and he played it very well," Stackhouse said while recalling a memory of the 18-year-old. "In that moment, he realized that that was a solo. His eyes lit up like dinner plates, and he had a smile from ear to ear. He was so excited. And in that moment, you saw true, unadulterated happiness."Lindsay was a 2002 graduate from Prague High School. Her classmate shared a picture of their graduating class, and classmates said she was a girl everyone wanted to be – kind, beautiful and funny.Family members have set up a GoFundMe page to support the 10-year-old boy whose life was spared. They said the funds also will go toward funeral expenses and counseling. Click here if you'd like to donate. Top Headlines Oklahoma storms with enhanced risk possible during overnight hours Mother yells at State Superintendent Ryan Walters while being arrested during Oklahoma BOE meeting Oklahoma man out on bond in Turks and Caicos as family faces terrifying reality What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you
YUKON, Okla. — A massacre inside a Yukon home earlier this week has left the community reeling after police said a man killed his wife and three of his sons before turning the gun on himself.
One son, however, walked away unharmed and called 911 after discovering his five family members' bodies Tuesday morning at a home near Southwest 29th Street and Czech Hall Road.
The oldest son, 18-year-old Dylan Candy, was a student at Oklahoma Baptist University last semester and played in the band.
"He was very happy in band and he loved it to pieces," OBU Band Director Brian Stackhouse said. "The initial reaction was speechless. When I heard the words, I couldn't believe it. I am still working to comprehend that this is real."
| MORE | 'Never expected this': Yukon neighborhood shocked by family massacre
Investigators said the 42-year-old suspect killed his wife, Lindsay, before killing Dylan and two other sons, 14-year-old Ethan and 12-year-old Lucas.
The university shared a picture of Dylan and prayed for God's comfort. Stackhouse told KOCO 5 that Dylan was a gifted drummer and energetic student.
"We were working on our drum cadence. We got to a part where Dylan had a particular dense rhythmic figure, and he played it very well," Stackhouse said while recalling a memory of the 18-year-old. "In that moment, he realized that that was a solo. His eyes lit up like dinner plates, and he had a smile from ear to ear. He was so excited. And in that moment, you saw true, unadulterated happiness."
Lindsay was a 2002 graduate from Prague High School. Her classmate shared a picture of their graduating class, and classmates said she was a girl everyone wanted to be – kind, beautiful and funny.
Family members have set up a GoFundMe page to support the 10-year-old boy whose life was spared. They said the funds also will go toward funeral expenses and counseling. Click here if you'd like to donate.
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