A person has been arrested in Florida after the our bodies of 4 lacking individuals have been discovered shot and dismembered in a river.
Joe Kennedy was stopped by officers after being noticed driving a stolen car within the metropolis of Daytona Beach Shores on Monday, native police chief Joe Prentice stated.
The 67-year-old, who has been described as a “person of interest” within the deaths of the 4 males, was swiftly arrested and is ready to be taken to Oklahoma, the place the our bodies have been found, to be questioned.
The victims have been recognized as 4 mates who went lacking on 9 October: Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29.
Mr Prentice has declined to say Kennedy is a suspect within the killings, and has stated “a murder investigation is ongoing”.
The dismembered our bodies of the lads have been found within the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee, a city about 40 miles (65km) south of Tulsa, on Friday.
A witness advised police he was invited to hitch the group to “hit a lick”, however defined that he didn’t know what the phrase meant, Mr Prentice stated.
“That is common terminology for engaging in some type of criminal behaviour,” Mr Prentice added. “We do not know what they were planning or where they planned to do it.”
Kennedy disappeared after the our bodies have been found, however had been questioned beforehand, when he denied figuring out any of the victims.
Investigators have searched a scrapyard owned by Kennedy and an adjoining property owned by different individuals, the place proof of a “violent event” was discovered, Mr Prentice stated.
While an official explanation for loss of life has not but been launched, all 4 males have been discovered dismembered and with gunshot wounds, the police chief stated.
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