On October 9, 2022, 32-year-old Mike Sparks and three friends left a residence in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, riding bicycles. When they failed to return the same day, family and law enforcement reported them missing. Human remains recovered from the Deep Fork River near a bridge on October 14 were later identified as Sparks and the three other men.

Investigators say all four victims had been shot and dismembered before being discarded in the river. Evidence of a violent incident was found on property adjacent to a local scrapyard owned by 67-year-old Joseph Kennedy. Kennedy was located and arrested in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, on October 17 while driving a stolen vehicle and was returned to Oklahoma for questioning.

Prosecutors allege Kennedy confessed to a witness that he killed and dismembered the men because he believed they were stealing from him, and say physical evidence including blood near the scrapyard, victims personal items, and cellphone data placing the victims at the scrapyard support charges. Kennedy was charged with four counts of first-degree murder; authorities say they believe he acted alone in the killings.

Did anyone in the area know these men or have information about their whereabouts on October 9?