Oklahoma cyclist found chopped up and dumped in river

Police on Monday confirmed that the bodies recovered from a river in Oklahoma were four cyclists reported missing days earlier.

Ocmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentiss said the bodies recovered from the Deep Fork River were Mark Chastain, 32, his brother Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex.・He said it belonged to Stevens (age 29).

He said authorities believed the cyclist was in the process of committing a crime when he went missing on his bicycle from one of the homes last Sunday night.

“I believe the men were planning some kind of criminal activity when they left the West 6th Street residents,” Prentice told reporters.

“That belief is based on information provided by witnesses who report going with men and being invited to give them all a big enough ‘lick’.

One of the victim’s phones last pinged at a salvage yard owned by Joseph Lloyd Kennedy II, who was linked to the incident, officials said.

A search of a nearby junkyard found evidence of a “violent incident,” police said, and they were trying to talk to Kennedy.

According to state records, Kennedy is a felon with a 10-year suspended sentence for assault and assault.

The 2013 conviction stems from a confrontation with six intruders who broke into Kennedy’s A&A Auto Salvage business in 2012, according to a News report Wednesday.

“Mr. Kennedy is a person of interest we want to talk to [again]”The chief added, pointing out that Prentice was not a suspect.

Local, state, and federal investigators believe they pulled the last of the victim’s dismembered bodies from the river Monday morning.

Prentice said the remains had likely been in the water since last Sunday and had no weight. The victim’s bicycle was never recovered, and no weapon was found, police said.

“I spoke with my family,” Prentiss said. “I think they had already decided that this was their loved one, but the additional information about the amputation was clearly a shock and they were very distraught.”

“I have been involved in over 80 murders in my career. I have committed murders involving multiple victims. It’s the highest number of and very violent incidents.

Mark Chastain’s wife told Fox News Digital that she was heartbroken over the situation.

“I don’t know and I’m at a loss. I’m hurt. I’m sad. I have a lot of mixed feelings and thoughts,” Jessica Chastain said.

Ocmulgee has a population of over 11,000 and is located about 30 miles south of Tulsa.

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