OKLAHOMA CITY AP – An ex-convict accused of strangling his ex-girlfriend and her four young children was returned to Oklahoma early Thursday from Texas following his arrest after a car crash.

Joshua Steven Durcho, 25, arrived at the Canadian County jail in El Reno, about 25 miles west of Oklahoma City, around 2 a.m., authorities said. A jailer said he didn’t know when Durcho would make an initial court appearance.