Addiction therapist being held on a $1M bond

Published 1:05 pm Monday, March 24, 2025

A Lafayette County man arrested Thursday and charged with murder was given a $1M bond by a Justice Court judge on Saturday.

Charles Garry Reifers, 76, of Lafayette County, was arrested after deputies arrived at a house on the 100 block of Heights Drive late Thursday night for a domestic disturbance call.

Deputies discovered Charlene Cook, 58, a transgender woman and Reifer’s stepchild, dead at the scene.

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Reifers was taken into custody without incident and charged with first-degree murder.

Reifers is a retired addiction recovery therapist and was the Oxford Treatment Center’s founding program director.