The bodies of four men were discovered after a passerby saw something suspicious in the river near a bridge, police said.
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A person of interest in the grisly killing of four Oklahoma men has been arrested in Florida, police said Tuesday.
According to the Okmulgee Police Department, Joe Kennedy was taken into custody in Daytona Beach Shores. He is charged with grand theft auto and being held without bond.
Officials have begun the process of getting Kennedy back to Okmulgee County.
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KOCO reports that Kennedy was a person of interest in the case of four missing men who were found shot and dismembered in the Deep Fork River.
KOCO reports Kennedy owned a salvage yard that was connected to a property where police said a "violent scene had taken place."
Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, were believed to have left a house in Okmulgee on bicycles the evening of Oct. 9. They were planning to commit a crime, according to the police chief.
"That belief is based off information from a witness, who says they were invited to go with the men, to quote, 'hit a lick big enough for all of them,'" Chief Joe Prentice, Okmulgee Police Department, said.