{"id":23759,"date":"2022-10-18T07:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23759"},"modified":"2022-10-18T07:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:19:39","slug":"four-missing-men-found-shot-and-dismembered-in-oklahoma-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/10\/18\/four-missing-men-found-shot-and-dismembered-in-oklahoma-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Four missing men found shot and dismembered in Oklahoma river"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four men were shot and dismembered before their bodies were thrown into a river in Oklahoma, US police have said.<\/p>\n

A man considered a person of interest in the case has since disappeared.<\/p>\n

Investigators found the first remains of the victims on Friday after a passer-by saw something suspicious in the Deep Fork River near a bridge, Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said. Their bikes have not been found, he added.<\/p>\n

“All four bodies were dismembered before being placed in the river and that is what caused the difficulty in determining identity,” Mr Prentice said.<\/p>\n

“The river appears to be a dump site. This is now a murder investigation.”<\/p>\n

The victims have been confirmed as Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29.<\/p>\n

They were reported missing on 9 October after leaving Billy Chastain’s home in Okmulgee on bicycles around 8pm.<\/p>\n

Mr Prentice said investigators believe the men intended to “commit some sort of criminal act” that night.<\/p>\n

Joe Kennedy, the owner of a wrecking yard, is considered a person of interest in the case after “evidence of a violent event” was discovered on an adjacent property, Mr Prentice said.<\/p>\n

Police were led to the area by a ping from Mark Chastain’s phone.<\/p>\n

Mr Kennedy has not been named as a suspect in the case, but the police chief said he was missing and asked the public to report any sightings of him.<\/p>\n

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Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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