Caddo County man to enter plea to 2021 wreck that killed his wife and child

ANADARKO — A Hinton man is expected to plead guilty to killing his wife and his child and injuring another during a May 2021 wreck in Caddo County.

Records indicate Shaun Michael Tillman, 30, waived his jury trial in Caddo County District Court on Wednesday and is scheduled to enter a plea and be sentenced for two felony counts of first-degree manslaughter after former felony convictions, as well as misdemeanor charges for driving without a valid license, failure to maintain insurance, and for failure to pay for his tag, records indicate.

Due to the prior convictions, Tillman faces between 20 years to life in prison if convicted of each count of manslaughter.

Tillman is accused of causing the May 13, 2021, crash that killed his wife, Gena L. Evans, 28, of Hinton, and an unidentified 6-year-old girl from Fort Cobb. They both died at the scene from massive injuries suffered in the wreck, 6 miles northeast of Lookeba, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Evans was driving a Honda Accord westbound on a gravel Caddo County road when she collided with the oncoming eastbound pickup driven by Tillman, who was in the westbound lane, according to the wreck report. An unidentified 5-year-old Fort Cobb boy also was injured and taken to OU Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City where he was admitted in fair condition with arm and internal/external trunk injuries.

Neither driver nor the children were wearing seat belts, according to the report.

Tillman was treated and released from OU Hospital in Oklahoma City. He told investigators he’d been on his way home from his father’s house to take the children to school in Fort Cobb when the wreck happened. He admitted he’d smoked marijuana the day before and had used methamphetamine about two days prior. Both drugs were in his blood stream, according to the warrant affidavit.

Tillman also is expected to plead guilty the same day to a count of aggravated assault and battery charges stemming from a June 2023 assault in the Caddo County jail.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections records reveal Tillman has two prior felony convictions from Caddo County for larceny.

Tillman remains held on $500,000 bond since his Feb. 2, 2022, initial court appearance.