A second Garvin County teenager has pleaded guilty in connection to two murders at a marijuana grow near Wynnewood that occurred in April of 2025.
Matthew Ray Jones, of Wynnewood, entered a guilty plea in federal court Aug. 20 to charges of murder in the second degree in Indian Country and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
Public records show on April 18, 2025, Jones and another individual, Whyitt Collins, broke into a residence located on a marijuana grow outside Wynnewood. Both men were armed with a handgun.
Once inside, Jones and Collins encountered two individuals, Bao Ming Ma, 56, and Alejandro Baltazar Hernandez, 42, whom they shot and killed. Following the shootings, Jones and Collins took several items prior to leaving the residence.
Jones, who was a juvenile at the time of the offenses, entered his guilty plea as an adult and will be sentenced as an adult. As part of his plea, Jones admitted that he unlawfully killed one victim by discharging a firearm and aided and abetted in the unlawful killing of the second victim. At sentencing, Jones faces up to life in federal prison and fines of up to $500,000.
Collins, 19, also of Wynnewood, was sentenced June 29 to life without parole in Garvin County District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree burglary in the case.
Jones’ case is in federal court because he is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and the crimes occurred within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation.
A sentencing date for Jones has not been set, according to court records available online.