Suspect in Edmond Slaying Admits Identity Theft Guilt
By Jay F. Marks, The Oklahoman
Feb. 28–A woman suspected of killing a former Edmond resident in 1985 is awaiting sentencing on a federal identity theft charge that could land her in prison for two years.
Sandra Camille Powers pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated identity theft in federal court in North Carolina.
The 63-year-old had been accused of bilking thousands of dollars from a 77-year-old widow in Southport, N.C., who believed Powers was a missionary.
Powers was arrested in March 2007 with documents, mail and credit cards that belonged to the older woman, according to prosecutors.
She will be sentenced in May on the identity theft charge.
Powers remains the primary suspect in the 1985 murder of Alan Rehrig, her third husband.
His mother, Gloria Rehrig of Edmond, was in Raleigh, N.C., for Powers’ plea.
She said Powers, who she had not seen in more than 20 years, did not appear to recognize her, but she couldn’t miss the picture of her son pinned to her shirt with a yellow ribbon.
“At least she knows both of us were there,” Rehrig said.
About the slaying Alan Rehrig, 30, disappeared in December 1985 after he left a friend’s Dallas home to meet his estranged wife.
His body was found four days later near an Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. substation at SW 36 and MacArthur Boulevard.
Powers has never been charged in connection with her husband’s death, but Oklahoma City police still intend to try to talk to her about the case soon.
Inspector Kyle Eastridge said the investigation into Rehrig’s slaying is ongoing, with help from the state’s multicounty grand jury.
Powers’ son, Britton Bridewell, testified before the grand jury Jan. 9, his attorney confirmed for The Oklahoman last month.
One of her daughters testified in November.
Grand jury proceedings are secret so authorities have not commented on them, but Gloria Rehrig said she remains confident Powers will be charged in her son’s death.
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