Medical Examiners Working To Identify Bodies Found In Deep Fork River

Authorities are working to identify the four bodies found in the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee after four men from town went missing earlier this week.

Saturday, October 15th 2022, 9:45 pm

By: Johnny Resendiz

Okmulgee police are still investigating after four bodies were found in the Deep Fork River.

The discovery comes after days of searching for four missing men from Okmulgee.

Medical examiners in Tulsa are working to identify the remains.

Investigators with Okmulgee PD say they expect the bodies will be identified within the next few days.

Police say someone called to report finding partially submerged remains in the Deep Fork River near Sharp road.

Earlier this week, four men went missing in Okmulgee and have not been seen or heard from since Sunday night.

Those men are Mark and Billy Chastain, Mike Sparks, and Alex Stevens.

Investigators say they cannot say that the bodies found are the missing men and that based on the telephone data, the missing men went east leaving town and then south on 75, which is the opposite direction.

Bennie Harjo, a family friend of three of the men says he is still in complete disbelief the four men are missing.

"It hurts a little," Harjo said. "Especially when I just seen them last week. And that's what hurts."

Officers say they are going to look at digital evidence and will await phone records from search warrants while they wait for the bodies to be identified.