Following a week-long search for four missing bikers, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, police on Friday discovered “several items in the water that seem to be human remains” in the Deep Fork River.
Okmulgee residents Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, went missing Monday night. The disappearances were reported by Alex Stevens’ mother and Mark Chastain’s wife, Jessica.
In a news briefing, the city’s police head said that corpses had been uncovered, but he added that no bicycles had been located. He said that the corpses had not yet been pulled from the sea.
Moreover, Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice stated during a press conference that was broadcast on Facebook on Friday that “at this time, we cannot make an identification, but out of respect, we let the family know before it was publicly reported.”
“Our investigation’s focus will change from trying to find these four missing individuals to trying to figure out what occurred if it turns out that these four missing men are the remains in the river.” (source- Fox News)
If it is discovered that it is not them, he said, “then we will conduct a separate inquiry.”
According to Okmulgee police, the four “close friends” left Billy Chastain’s house on the west side of the city on Sunday night to go biking. Police said that while two of the males had cell phones with them, calls to them went straight to voicemail.
However, After 5 p.m., Mark Chastain was last heard from on the phone. Prentice stated Sunday. There had not been any other confirmed sightings.
Jessica Chastain stated on Thursday that her husband would not have vanished without a trace since bike excursions with his buddies were common for him and his friends. When she started a new job on Monday morning, he was expected to monitor their two kids.
Therefore, Prentice said on Friday that a spectator alerted the police while they were protecting the area after noticing something “strange” in the water.
Moreover, Just To clarify, he said, “We don’t know yet if this is one of their missing soldiers.
On Wednesday, investigators obtained video and GPS data and pursued possible sightings of the guys, including one witness who claimed to have seen all four of them going down the street at 2 a.m. on Tuesday.
On Sunday at about 4 p.m., a witness reported seeing Stevens alone in front of the Okmulgee Indian Community Smoke Shop, also known as the “Smoke Shop,” on the south side of Okmulgee.
Mark and Billy Chastain, according to a different eyewitness, were allegedly seen on Monday at a YMCA.
However, Only two of the men had mobile phones when they departed, and both went straight to voicemail. A salvage yard received one phone’s last ping.
Despite the fact that the bones have not yet been identified, authorities informed the relatives of the find “out of respect,” according to Prentice.
Moreover, there were no bicycles at the site reported.
