POLICE CLAIM THAT FOUR MISSING MEN'S REMAINS DISCOVERED IN OKLAHOMA WERE SHOT AND MUTILATED

According to officials, four guys from Oklahoma who went missing while riding a bicycle were shot and their dismembered remains were dumped into a river.

Before human remains were discovered in a shallow area of the Deep Fork River last week, Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, were reported missing, according to Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice.

About 40 miles south of Tulsa, near Okmulgee, the bones were discovered.

Prentice added that even though all four had been shot, it took longer to identify them since their corpses had been cut into pieces.

According to Prentice, "We think the males intended to engage in illegal activity." "We don't know what they had in mind or where they were going to carry it out,"

Investigators' conviction is based on the testimony of a witness who was asked to accompany the guys as they prepared to "hit a lick large enough for all of them," as Prentice put it, which is slang for committing a lucrative crime.

Police were directed to a scrap yard over the weekend by the inquiry.

Prentice said that although there was "nothing exceptional detected within the salvage yard," there was "evidence of a violent occurrence uncovered on an adjacent property."

Prentice identified Joe Kennedy, the proprietor of the salvage yard, as a "person of interest" who investigators want to speak with.

According to Prentice, Kennedy was reported missing Saturday night and "may be suicidal."

Police then reported that they had discovered Kennedy's blue Chrysler PT Cruiser "abandoned behind a store" in Morris.

Investigators are examining how it got there, according to a statement from the police. "At this time, Kennedy's car information is unavailable."

Prentice almost described Kennedy as dangerous before he stopped.

I don't have any information that Mr. Kennedy is a danger to anybody else, but I would proceed with care," he stated. Call the police if you see Mr. Kennedy and let them know.

The bulk of the remains was discovered on Friday, but somebody pieces weren't uncovered until Sunday and Monday morning, according to authorities. There has been no finding of the men's bicycles.

The victims' loved ones were prepared for positive identifications, but they were shocked by the gory nature of the men's deaths.

 

According to Prentice, the new information on the dismemberment "was clearly shocking." They were in great distress.

Even though the case has changed from a missing person inquiry to a murder investigation, Prentice assured loved ones that officers would continue to go ahead with the same determination.

We've been working nonstop all week, he said. We were out all weekend, and we'll keep working at the same speed to determine precisely what happened to their lives and who was responsible.