OKMULGEE, Okla. — The Okmulgee Police Department will hold a press conference at noon to provide updated information related to the four missing men in Okmulgee. You can watch the press conference live at noon on FOX23, FOX23.com and the FOX23 News App.

Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said Friday night, the bodies of four men were recovered from Deep Fork River, just southwest of Okmulgee. It is not yet known if they belong to the four men authorities have been looking for for about a week.

“The families of Mark Chastain, Billy Chastain, Alex Stevens and Mike Sparks have been notified. At this time, we cannot make an ID, but out of respect we let the families know before it was officially announced,” said Prentice at a press conference on Friday.

Okmulgee Police were joined by multiple other agencies, including the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, in the recovery operation of the remains. Prentice said a passerby called police around 2 p.m. Friday to report something in the water. When officers arrived, the human remains were discovered in the river.

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