4 bodies found in Oklahoma river amid search for missing men

4 bodies found in Oklahoma river amid search for missing men

Four bodies were found and recovered from a river in Oklahoma Friday amid a search for four men who were reported missing earlier this week.

The bodies were found after “suspicious items” were reported in the Deep Fork River, southwest of the city of Okmulgee, Police Chief Joe Prentice said Friday. Responding officers found “multiple human remains,” and four bodies were later recovered from the river. 

The bodies had not been identified as of late Friday. They were being taken to the medical examiner’s office in Tulsa for autopsy and official identification, Prentice said in a Facebook post.

Mark Chastain, 32; Billy Chastain, 30; Alex Stephens, 29; and Mike Sparks, 32, were reported missing overnight Monday – the first time Prentice has seen four adult men go missing all at once, he said earlier this week, according to CBS affiliate KOTV.