Nearly two years after their daughter’s murder, a Pottawatomie County family says they still feel no closure. Even with the man convicted of killing her now serving a life sentence, the family of Makayla Meave believes justice hasn’t truly been served.

Scott and Barbara Harper were in the courtroom when a judge sentenced their son-in-law, Frank Byers, to life in prison for Meave’s murder. But for the Harpers, that sentence was not enough. They believe Byers didn’t act alone.

"It’s been two years next month, two years," said Barbara Harper, Makayla’s mother.

"People talk about how we should have closure, and that’s not even remotely close to what I feel."

Investigators say that in September 2023, Byers shot and killed Meave, then dumped her body in a culvert along Hamilton Road near the

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