UPDATE: November 2, 2020 11:45 a.m.

District Attorney John Gillespie filed a request for additional bond conditions for James Staley’s release from Wichita County Jail which includes that he wear an ankle monitor.

According to Gillespie the motion was not acted upon before Staley posted bond.

Staley will appear in 30th District Court in front of Judge Jeff McKnight on November 5 for additional bond conditions.


WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — James Irven Staley III has been extradited to Wichita County from the Okmulgee County Jail after a Wichita County Grand Jury indicted him for the capital murder of Wilder McDaniel.


Staley was booked into the Wichita County Jail on Thursday with a charge for capital murder and a charge for murder against him and no bond set.

Staley was indicted Wednesday by the Wichita County Grand Jury for the capital murder of Jason Wilder McDaniel and punishment is either death or life without parole, according to a press release from the Wichita Falls District Attorney’s Office

The Grand Jury also returned an indictment for first-degree felony murder, which has a range of punishment up to life.

This is also for the murder of Wilder McDaniel.

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