ALIAS BAH DE ZA LAWRENCE SOUDRY, a 21-year-old from Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
On June 14, 2024, law enforcement officers from the Blanchard Police Department and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a fatal collision on Highway 76. Soudry, while driving southbound, drifted into oncoming traffic and collided with two vehicles. The crash resulted in the death of Raquel Anderson at the scene. A passenger from one of the vehicles was taken to a hospital for treatment and later released.
A blood test administered to Soudry showed he had alcohol and marijuana in his system at the time of the incident. He was arrested following these findings. On September 17, 2024, a federal Grand Jury indicted him on charges of involuntary manslaughter.
The case fell under federal jurisdiction because Soudry is a member of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma and the incident occurred within Chickasaw Nation territory.
Soudry pleaded guilty on June 4, 2025, admitting that he knowingly drove under the influence of alcohol and marijuana and caused another person’s death as a result.
At his sentencing hearing on November 18, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jodi W. Dishman imposed a sentence of five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Judge Dishman referenced “the nature and circumstances of the offense,” including Soudry’s level of intoxication and “the number of individuals injured or killed during the collision.”
The FBI Oklahoma City Field Office led the investigation along with support from state and local agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany Edgmon prosecuted the case.
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