Jury finds man guilty of 2018 Oologah murder

A Chouteau man was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder for stabbing and killing a man in Oologah in June 2018.

The Office of District Attorney Matt Ballard said 33-year-old Robert Kraft was found guilty of stabbing Justin Johnson through the heart, killing him almost instantly.

Witnesses to the crime said Johnson was standing up for a woman who was involved with Kraft.

The District Attorney’s Office said Kraft then left the scene and tried to remove blood from some of the rings he was wearing, but one of his rings had fallen off at the crime scene. Kraft’s pants were also covered with Johnson’s blood when investigators took them as part of the investigation.

Kraft claimed self-defense, but an eyewitness said it was Kraft who started a fight with Johnson the night of the murder. The same witness testified after seeing what he’d done, Kraft told the witness, “you figure it out.”

Kraft has previous felony convictions for assault and battery with a deadly weapon and eluding police. He’s been in jail since the 2018 murder.

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