The 4 Oklahoma males whose dismembered our bodies had been present in a river had been severed in half, a mom of 1 the victims stated.
“My son and his associates had been first shot a number of occasions, chopped in half at their waist after which thrown into the Deep Fork River to rot away,” Teresa Stevens, mom of Alex Stevens, told the Daily Mail.
Alex Stevens, 29, left for a motorbike trip with Mark Chastain, 32, his brother Billy Chastain, 30 and Mike Sparks, 32 on Oct. 9. The 4 had been then reported lacking after they didn’t return house that night.
Solely two of the lads left with cell telephones, and each went straight to voicemail following their departure. Their our bodies had been discovered on the surface of Deep Fork River 5 days later.
Okmulgee police advised the grieving mom that the killer or killers had “chopped off one in every of their arms,” Stevens stated.
“It’s one thing you examine on the information, about what they did to my son and his associates,” stated Stevens. “To cut a physique in half is what the drug cartels do to the lifeless. Whoever did this clearly wished to ship a message.”
The ugly particulars of the homicide lead Stevens to imagine that there was multiple assassin, or least an confederate to assist with the disturbing killings.
“For one particular person to kill 4 grown males, chop their our bodies up, and dump them in a river…I simply can’t see one particular person doing all of that,” she stated. “Whoever did this needed to have assist.”
Police named convicted felon Joe Kennedy an individual of curiosity after officers discovered proof of a “violent event” that occurred at a scrapyard he owned within the Okmulgee space. One of many victims’ telephones final pinged within the salvage yard earlier than going lifeless, police stated.
Stevens stated she doesn’t know Kennedy personally, and doesn’t imagine her son did both, however isn’t stunned he’s probably concerned within the case.
“I’ve heard about him round city and from what I’ve heard he’s an individual of questionable character,” Stevens stated.
Stevens was the one to report her son lacking Oct. 9 when he didn’t present as much as his shift at 11 p.m. that night time at a healthcare facility they each work at. The 2 sometimes carpool collectively since Alex doesn’t personal a automobile and it’s out of character for her son to overlook work, she stated.
She couldn’t attain him on his cellular phone both as a result of he had “run out of minutes,” which is why he didn’t deliver it on the bike journey.
Police imagine the lads had left to commit a criminal offense, although aren’t certain what the foursome had deliberate.
“Even when they had been up there on the salvage yard as much as no good or medication had been concerned, nobody deserved to die,” Stevens stated.
