Murder investigation leads to drug charge
Kingfisher woman arrested; accused of trafficking meth
Search warrants executed in the investigation of the recent homicide in Kingfisher have resulted in at least one felony warrant for drug charges.
A warrant was issued Monday for Lila Michelle Aghaebrahimi, 43, of Kingfisher.
Kingfisher Police Chief David Catron and Lt. Dustin Brodrick arrested Aghaebrahimi at her home late Tuesday morning.
She was charged in Kingfisher County District Court with trafficking in illegal drugs.
KPD officers and Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation special agents executed a search warrant on Aghaebrahimi’s home on West Erwin Avenue in Kingfisher on the night of Aug. 3.
Officers filed for the warrant in relation to a homicide investigation after the body of Peggy Lynnette Bollenbach was discovered deceased in a room at the Cattlemen’s Inn.
Among those initially questioned was Bollenbach’s known boyfriend, Joseph Gregory Hayslip. Officers located him at Aghaebrahimi’s home.
After being questioned by KPD officers and OSBI agents, Hayslip was arrested later that night and was eventually charged with first degree murder.
He also saw an additional felony charge added Monday for possession of controlled dangerous substance.
After officers located Hayslip at Aghaebrahimi’s home, they filed for a search warrant to search for possible evidence of the homicide.
A KPD report said a search for illegal drugs was also included in the warrant.
In executing the search warrant, among the items discovered was a purse that Aghaebrahimi had earlier told officers she hid from Hayslip so he “wouldn’t steal from her,” according to a KPD report filed by Aaron Schlegel.
The purse contained multiple Ziploc-type plastic bags with what Schlegel believed to be methamphetamine, more than $2,500 in cash and Aghaebrahimi’s Oklahoma ID card, all of which was collected as evidence.
A further search of the house turned up another plastic baggy with several smaller baggies inside.
“This with the combined weight of the methamphetamine and the large amount of cash led me to believe that Lila is selling methamphetamine,” the report said.
The house also contained other drug paraphernalia that was not seized for evidence, the report said.
Once back at the KPD station, Schlegel said he used a department issued scale to weigh the suspected meth and the approximate weight was 25 grams.
The state threshold for trafficking meth is 20 grams.
Field tests confirmed the substance was methamphetamine, the report said, and Schlegel sent the substance to the OSBI for further testing and confirmation.
Aghaebrahimi has one previous drug offense as she was charged with misdemeanor possession of oxycodone in 2020. She was also charged with assault and battery, both misdemeanors, in 2020 and 2021.
If convicted of the drug charge, Aghaebrahimi faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $25,000 to $200,000.