Posted on 10/17/2022 8:09:59 PM PDT by algore
Four Oklahoma men who were last seen riding their bicycles more than a week ago before being shot dead and dismembered were planning to commit a crime, police have said.
Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said the bodies found late last week in the Deep Fork River are those of Mark, 32, and Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29.
The men were believed to have left a house in Okmulgee on bicycles the evening of October 9.
The police chief said the official cause of death was pending but that all four men had gunshot wounds and that their bodies had been dismembered.
It comes as a scrapyard owner who was named as a person of interest in the case has mysteriously vanished.
Joe Kennedy, 67, the owner of several scrapyards, is currently missing
Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice told a news conference: 'This is now a murder investigation.'
Police also interviewed a man Friday who owns a scrapyard in the area, but that man has since been reported missing and may be suicidal, Prentice said. No charges have been filed.
Joe Kennedy, 67, owns several scrap yards in the area. He has not been named a suspect in the case but he has also not been able to be located. The chief asked the public to report any sightings of him.
A blue PT Cruiser that he was driving was found behind a business on Monday afternoon in Morris, Oklahoma, about six miles east of Okmulgee
Prentice said investigators believe the men intended to 'commit some sort of criminal act' that night.
A witness told police that the men invited him to join them and would 'hit a lick big enough for all of them
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Junkyard owners and pig farmers are the best at getting rid of evidence they don’t want found.
A little BBQ sauce and some dogs and those men are gone.
There’s a lot going wrong in that title.
If you kill burglars, be happy about it and tell the police.
I'm not seeing a problem.
The LEOs should just pretend that they caught the four, and let them out on no-bail.
It will be like Winter's Bone...
Wonder if something like the movie Wrong Turn happened to them.
I guess they ruled out suicide.
Don’t forget Hawaiians that live next to gulches on the lower slopes of Volcanoes.
Intended Victim Seriously Uncooperative?
Sounds like a biker gang...with banana seats and sissy bars.
That is so true.
Unless they had information that could lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.
you can tell from their pictures that they’re salt-of-the-earth types on track to be either rocket scientists or brain surgeons ...
Sounds like justice was served.
Get a lawyer and refuse to be interviewed. Checkmate.
What a nightmare. What a horror story. How could anybody? It makes you wonder how many lakes and rivers, forests and deserts are hiding human remains. And how many victim-makers are roaming the planet. Ugh!
Dexter?
Seems like there’s four fewer “victim makers roaming the planet.”
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