Oklahoma police name person of interest in murders of four men, locate dismembered remains in river
The men allegedly set out on the evening of Oct. 9 to 'hit a lick,' or commit a crime, police said
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Okmulgee Police Department named a person of interest on Monday in the murders of four men, whose dismembered bodies were found with gunshot wounds in a river on Friday.
The four men – Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29 – left a home in western Okmulgee on bikes on the evening of Oct. 9.
A witness told police that they were invited that night to join the men to "hit a lick big enough for all of them," or commit a criminal act, Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said at a press conference on Monday. It's unclear what type of crime they allegedly planned to commit.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The remains of four men were found in Deep Fork River on Friday in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. (Okmulgee Police Department / Google)
The bodies were found dismembered with gunshot wounds in the Deep Fork River on Friday after a passerby noticed something suspicious while crossing a bridge. The bikes have not been located.
Police searched a nearby scrapyard on 20th St. owned by Joe Kennedy on Friday and "evidence of a violent event was discovered on an adjoining property," Prentice said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kennedy was reported missing on Saturday and may be suicidal. 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.
Police are now searching for Kennedy, who has been named a person of interest in the case. Kennedy was cooperative when police last spoke to him on Friday, Prentice said.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The families of the four victims, who all lived in Okmulgee, have been notified.
"They were upset. I think that they had already resolved themselves that this was their loved ones, but the additional information about dismemberment was obviously a shock and they were very distraught," Prentice said Monday.