Coach found dead after rape charges

(SAPULPA, Okla.) - The head softball coach and assistant baseball coach at Sapulpa High School was found dead Thursday.

Creek County District Attorney Max Cook says it appears Brad Evans committed suicide, but a specific cause of death had not been confirmed.

Just a few hours before he died Evans was charged with two counts of second-degree rape.

Cook says the charges against Evans will now be dismissed because of his death.

Sapulpa Superintendent Kevin Burr says the 38-year-old was fired Tuesday after school leaders were told about the rape investigation.

Evans was charged with drug possession in 2005.