A Oklahoma man accused of killing and dismembering four men in eastern Oklahoma was charged Monday with four counts of first-degree murder.
Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski announced the charges against Joseph Kennedy, 67, at a news conference.of Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, were found Oct. 14 in the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee, a town of around 11,000 people that is about 40 miles south of Tulsa. The men were believed to have left a house in Okmulgee on bicycles the evening of Oct. 9.
Evidence from Kennedy's cellphone also place him near a bridge where the men's dismembered bodies were discovered, Iski said. Iski said DNA evidence from blood found inside one of the vehicles Kennedy drove and on a pair of his sneakers also link him to the crime.killed and dismembered the four men"He told her they were all against him, and he just lost it and he just started shooting," Iski said."She said that he told her that after he shot them, that he cut them up."Kennedy's court-appointed attorneys have declined to comment on the case.
Kennedy was arrested Oct. 17 in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, while driving a stolen vehicle, Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said. He was later extradited to Oklahoma.
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