Suspect in Rogers woman’s killing arrested in Oklahoma

ROGERS — Police arrested the live-in boyfriend of a Rogers woman who died after being hit on the head and strangled, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Rogers police began investigating the death of Misha Rivera, 48, last week after family members found her body at her home. Police arrested Kevin Wayne Clayborn, 49, Thursday in Oklahoma City in connection with capital murder and theft of property, said Keith Foster, a spokesman for the Rogers Police Department.

One person told police he read a passage in Rivera’s journal about Clayborn having a strange look in his eyes and pushing her, according to the affidavit. Police found the journal in Rivera’s home, but one page had been torn from it, according to court documents.

One of Rivera’s vehicles was missing from her home and later found in Van Buren, Foster said.

Detectives tracked Clayborn’s cellphone and interviewed his acquaintances to determine he was in Oklahoma City.

One of Clayborn’s former girlfriends told police that Clayborn came to her home between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. May 4 and said he needed to go to Oklahoma City to be with his daughter who was going to be placed in a mental hospital, according to the affidavit.

The woman drove Clayborn and left him at a convenience store near where she believes Clayborn’s former wife lives, according to the affidavit.

Members of the Oklahoma City Fugitive Task Force began watching for Clayborn at an apartment complex and arrested him Thursday.