Coverage dated October 14, 2022 to October 17, 2022

4 friends who went missing in Oklahoma found dismembered in river, police say

Headline from Fox26 Houston, on the newest of 3 developments

Police said the four friends left on bicycles and had planned to “commit some type of criminal act” before being shot and dismembered.

Fox26 Houston's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. 4 bodies pulled from an Oklahoma river amid search for missing bike riders

    Headline from KRDO ·

  2. Remains found in Oklahoma river belong to 4 missing men

    Headline from WHAS Louisville ·

  3. Newest

    4 friends who went missing in Oklahoma found dismembered in river, police say

    Headline from Fox26 Houston ·

Reports & sources

68 articles, oldest first.

  1. CBS News

    4 bodies found in Oklahoma river amid search for missing men (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The bodies were found in the opposite direction of where the 4 missing men were believed to have traveled, according to the local police chief.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    'Multiple' Remains Found in Oklahoma River One Week After Four Friends Vanish, Authorities Say (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    It wasn’t clear if the remains were of the four men, Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice told reporters. Authorities were working to document and recover them, he said.

  3. KRDO

    4 bodies pulled from an Oklahoma river amid search for missing bike riders (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Jason Hanna and Raja Razek, CNN The bodies of four males were found Friday in a river outside an Oklahoma city where authorities have been searching for four missing men — though it wasn’t clear if the remains are those of the missing, police said.

  4. FOX 61 Hartford

    Remains found in Oklahoma river belong to 4 missing men (opens FOX 61 Hartford)

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    FOX 61 Hartford's feed description

    The police chief said that the official cause of death was pending but that all four men had gunshot wounds and that their bodies had been dismembered.

  5. KESQ Palm Springs

    Dismembered bodies pulled from Oklahoma river identified as 4 missing men, police chief says (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN The investigation into four men who vanished after leaving an Okmulgee, Oklahoma, home on bicycles last week is now a murder investigation, the local police chief said, after four dismembered bodies pulled from a river were positively identified as the missin…

  6. Fox News

    Oklahoma police name person of interest in murders of four men, locate dismembered remains in river (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Oklahoma police recovered the dismembered bodies of four missing men in a river on Friday and have identified a person of interest in the murder investigation.

  7. NBC New York

    Remains of Four Missing Men Found Shot and Dismembered in Oklahoma River (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    The group was last seen riding their bicycles more than a week ago.

  8. NBC News

    Remains found in Oklahoma identified as 4 missing men; police say they were shot and dismembered (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, were reported missing last week after going on a bicycle ride.

  9. New York Times

    Discovery of Bodies in Oklahoma River Deepens Mystery of 4 Missing Friends (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    It was unknown whether the bodies were those of the four missing men, who were last heard from on Oct. 9, the police said.

  10. CBS News

    Dismembered bodies found in Oklahoma river belong to 4 missing men, police confirm (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Investigators believe that the men planned to commit some kind of criminal act when they left a residence, according to a witness who told police they were invited to go with the men to "hit a lick big enough for all of them," Prentice said.

  11. KESQ Palm Springs

    The discovery of 4 dismembered bodies in an Oklahoma river turned a missing persons case into a murder probe. Here's what we know (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    CNN, KJRH, KOKI By Nouran Salahieh, CNN A set of missing persons reports has turned into a murder investigation after dismembered bodies found in an Oklahoma river were identified as four men who vanished last week, police said.

  12. Fox26 Houston

    4 friends who went missing in Oklahoma found dismembered in river, police say (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    Police said the four friends left on bicycles and had planned to “commit some type of criminal act” before being shot and dismembered.

  13. KESQ Palm Springs

    The discovery of 4 dismembered bodies in an Oklahoma river turned a missing persons case into a murder investigation. Here's what we know (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Nouran Salahieh, CNN A missing persons case turned into a murder investigation after dismembered bodies found in an Oklahoma river were identified as four men who vanished last week, police said. “I’ve worked over 80 murders in my career. I have worked murders involving multiple victims.

  14. The Guardian

    Four missing Oklahoma men found dismembered in river, police say (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Investigators determined the victims died from gunshot wounds before they were dumped in the Deep Fork River

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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