Oklahoma man told woman he killed 4 men, “cut them up,” according to prosecutor’s affidavit

A man described as a “person of interest” within the killing and dismemberment of 4 males in jap Oklahoma admitted to a woman that he killed the boys and “cut them up,” according to a prosecutor’s affidavit. Authorities imagine 67-year-old Joseph Kennedy shot and killed the 4 males on Oct. 9 at Kennedy’s scrap yard, according to the affidavit unsealed Thursday and signed by Assistant District Attorney Carman Rainbolt. 

The dismembered our bodies of Mark Chastain, 32; Billy Chastain, 30; Mike Sparks, 32; and Alex Stevens, 29, had been discovered Oct. 14 within the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee, a city of round 11,000 folks that’s about 40 miles south of Tulsa. The males had been believed to have left a home in Okmulgee on bicycles the night of Oct. 9.

Kennedy told a woman in Gore, Oklahoma, that he killed and dismembered the 4 males as a result of they had been stealing from him, according to the affidavit, which was filed by prosecutors who had been looking for to enhance Kennedy’s bond. Since Nov. 17, Kennedy has been held on a $10 million bond in reference to a 2012 cost of assault and battery with a lethal weapon for which he was nonetheless on probation. No fees associated to the murders have been filed.

One of Kennedy’s court-appointed attorneys, Gregg Graves, declined to remark Friday. A phone message left Friday for Rainbolt and Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski was not instantly returned. 

Kennedy was named an individual of curiosity within the investigation after investigators discovered blood at a property subsequent to the salvage yard Kennedy owned, according to CBS affiliate KOTV. A car belonging to Kennedy was discovered deserted in Morris, Oklahoma, police said on Nov. 17.

Okmulgee police chief Joe Prentice introduced on Oct. 18 that Kennedy (*4*) in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, in a car that had been reported as stolen the day earlier than. Kennedy was shortly extradited to Oklahoma. 

In an interview with KOTV, the cousin of Mark and Billy Chastain stated that the deaths of her family will all the time depart a mark.

“There’s gonna be that void, there’s gonna be that hole, there’s gonna be just that memory. It’s all we got now, the memories of them, and it hurts,” stated Ashley Carnes.