16-Year-Old Charged as Adult in First-Degree Murder of Oklahoma Mother Spring Weems
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A teenager has been charged with first-degree murder, desecration of a human corpse and unauthorized removal of a dead body in the murder of his mother, 49-year-old Spring Weems.
16-year-old Jordan Weems of Logan County, Oklahoma was charged as an adult in Logan County District Court late last month.
According to the 2025 Oklahoma Statutes Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code: "Any person thirteen (13) or fourteen (14) years of age who is charged with murder in the first degree shall be held accountable for the act as if the person were an adult; provided, the person may be certified as a youthful offender or a juvenile as provided by this section, unless the person is subject to the provisions of subsection H of Section 2-5-204 of this title."
Spring Weems had not been seen for a few days at the time a neighbor heard her adopted teenage sons fighting with one another in the backyard, with reports stating at least one of the teens was brandishing a weapon.
It was during the fight that one of the sons accused the other of killing their mother, and stated to the neighbor: “Mom is in the trash can.”
Spring hadn't been seen since January 28, 2026. She was last seen on January 28, and police believe the killing occurred late January 27 or early January 28. Her last known whereabouts was the home she shared with her adopted sons on the 9000 block of Treviso Trail, in the Cascata Falls neighborhood in Edmond.
The Cascata Falls neighborhood is a suburban gated residential community with luxury homes.
One of Spring's biological children grew concerned when he stopped by her home and was unable to locate her, after receiving no response from prior attempts to reach out. He told his father, who then reported her missing.
The boys had been recently disciplined after sneaking out of the house and evading law enforcement who were searching for them, and they were made to write letters of apology.
News9 reported, per the affidavit, that as part of the punishment, Spring Weems confiscated Jordan's clothing and bedding and, according to the affidavit, to simulate what prison life would be like, had him wear an orange jumpsuit and eat prison-style food.
A call was made to 911 and a welfare check was requested at the home. When police arrived, they found Spring Weems' body in a trash bin outside of the property. It was clear that she had been the victim of a violent attack.
Undersheriff Troy Dykes, with the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, later said of the discovery: “We initially responded to a fight-in-progress call. We arrived and found two juveniles fighting”. “As soon as we arrived, there was a statement made that the body was going to be in a trashcan outside of the home.”
Both teens were arrested and questioned and one was released. The other was detained as a suspect and named in the media as Jordan Weems. After being thoroughly interviewed, he was held in a juvenile detention facility in Canadian County.
Police believe that Spring was murdered sometime between January 27 and January 28. Media outlets, citing court documents, report that Jordan allegedly admitted to beating Spring to death with a hammer and his fists.
He allegedly said he continued hitting her until she wasn’t moving anymore.
After killing her, he said he put her body in the trash bin and rolled it out in front of the house onto the curb, where it was left outside in the street.
He then allegedly admitted to cleaning up the scene of the crime to cover up what he had done.
He purportedly told investigators that, in the middle of the night, he waited in the passage between the kitchen and laundry room to ambush his adoptive mother, and hit her in the head with the hammer.
Court documents, acquired by Oklahoma's News 4, state that the facts and evidence show this was not a crime of passion or a spontaneous act of violence. The defendant allegedly threatened to kill his mother leading up to the crime.
The confession, coupled with evidence found at the scene, indicates the killing was premeditated, as the suspect allegedly retrieved the murder weapon in advance and waited to catch the victim off guard at night. He then allegedly concealed the body and cleaned the scene, and came up with fabricated stories to explain her whereabouts.
After Spring was murdered, another one of her children returned to the family home, having stayed with friends during a snowstorm. When they inquired about their mother’s whereabouts, they were told she had gone to help another sibling with her baby.
A GoFundMe linked via an article by News9 states that Spring Weems was a deeply generous, compassionate, and kind mother of five; she had an adult daughter in her 20s who had recently given birth, three teenage sons, and a teenage daughter. Her family wrote: “Everything Spring did was rooted in love for her children. She lived for them, protected them fiercely, and made sure they always felt safe, supported, and deeply cherished.”
The family asked for compassion and humanity, writing: “Please do not be cruel or quick to judge Spring or her children—we are all human,” adding that Jordan Weems had been struggling with severe mental illness.
