Police have revealed some truly horrific details about the fate of four friends from Oklahoma that went missing after riding off together on bikes.
Mark Chastain, 32; Billy Chastain, 30; Mike Sparks, 32; and Alex Stevens, 29 vanished on Sunday, Oct. 9.
A few days later, a civilian passing by discovered what as police described later as multiple human remains.
On Monday, the Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice confirmed in a news briefing, “The human remains that were discovered do indeed belong to the four friends who went missing. We have the belief that they may have been killed while carrying out a crime. The official cause of death has not been confirmed, but all four were found with fatal gunshot wounds.”
Prentice added, “All four bodies were dismembered before being placed in the river, and that is what caused difficulty in determining identity. The river appears to be a dump site.”
The missing person case has now turned into an official murder case and continues to remain under investigation.
“We believe the men planned to commit some kind of criminal act when they left the residence on W. 6th Street. That belief is based on information supplied by a witness who reports they were invited to go with the men to ‘hit a lick big enough for all of us,’ ” the police chief said. “We have yet to confirm what exactly the men planned to do or where.”
Prentice did admit that officers found evidence of a violent event taking place on the property surrounding a local scrapyard.
The owner of a nearby salvage yard, Joe Kennedy, is now a person of interest. He is not facing any charges.
“Kennedy is currently reported as a missing person and may be suicidal,” Prentice said. “He was driving a blue Chrysler PT cruiser with Oklahoma plates. Because he’s not a suspect, I don’t plan on issuing his photo to the public. I don’t believe Kennedy to be a threat, but anyone who sees him should contact authorities right away.”
“We have worked around the clock all week, we were out all weekend and we will continue to work to figure out what exactly happened to their loved ones and who did it,” Prentice said.
It was also added that investigators still have not found the four men’s bicycles.
“I’ve worked over 80 murders in my career. I have worked murders involving multiple victims. I have worked dismemberings. But this case involves the highest number of victims and it’s a very violent event. I can’t say that I’ve never worked anything like it but it’s right up there,” Prentice said of the case.
It was noted that Kennedy had been cooperating with police before he came up missing. However, Kennedy was adamant in denying any knowledge of seeing the men before.
The men’s family is currently distraught and shocked after being told the latest details of the investigator’s findings.
The Okmulgee Police Department later announced on Monday that Kennedy’s vehicle had been found and seized by authorities.
“It was abandoned behind a business in Morris, Oklahoma. Investigators are looking into how it came to be there. Currently, we have no vehicle information for Kennedy,” the brief statement reads via Facebook.
Authorities were trying to find Kennedy as of Monday afternoon.
These cretins probably got what they deserved, they look like creeps.
These 4 idiots were taking parts off of vehicles at the guys salvage yard and selling them. The owner waited for them and they paid with their lives. Good riddence.
Okay Columbo where’d you get that information at? For all of them to wind up dead they were probably doing more than just stealing parts. In the article if you would have read it they said they were going to do a lick that’s criminal talk for robbing somebody big time. Probably all kinds of situations could account for them being murdered. They might even have had it coming but whoever did it is going to spend a lot of time in prison probably the rest of their life thinking about what they could have done different.
The owner of the salvage yard told me. He also said that a guy named Thomas who’s nickname is liberace is a flaggit.
These 4 idiots were stupid enough to attempt to rip this guy off of whatever he had, then they deserve to suffer the consequences of their actions, PERIOD .
No other explanation is required.
…Or maybe more than that, a big pot of drugs who knows?….and JJ… even if they look idiots, no one deserves to die, no one can be the judge in their case, we still have the laws who can take care of them, also,, they are missing to their families so please have a little respect, do you? Thanks
They got what they deserved.
Thomas. Hey Dick tracy, Judge Judy said your case is dismissed for lack of evidence.
They got a POLISH BIKE RIDE.
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4 guys that’s pretty fast and accurate. Maybe 2 shooters?
Hope they stay on this who dunit?!
They got what they deserved. Used cataletic converters bring good prices.