TULSA, Okla. — Joe Kennedy is now charged with four counts of first degree murder with deliberate intent for a quadruple homicide in Okmulgee.
Last week, unsealed court record revealed new details about the investigation. At that time Kennedy was a person of interest in the deaths of Mark Chastain, Billy Chastain, Mike Sparks and Alex Stevens. Their dismembered bodies were found in the Deep Fork River in October.
In a motion to increase bond for mid-November that is now unsealed new details of the homicides and Kennedy's trip to Florida are revealed.
The affidavit says the shooting deaths of the men are believed to be on October 9th at the scrap yard owned by Kennedy. Filings show one of the victim's phone records show he was at the scrap yard and a deputy sheriff that lived nearby reported gunshots that evening.
The filing also alleges Kennedy was seen leaving in a different shirt and coming back to the area in a pickup truck around 1 a.m. on the 10th of October and pulling the truck to a vacant lot by the scrap yard around 4 a.m. He's allegedly seen driving the truck onto Sharp Road about two hours later.
On Oct. 14, the bodies were found and could be seen from the bridge over the river on Sharp Road. One of the men's bloody belongings are believed to have been found in that vacant field on the same day.
Court records allege that Kennedy went to a friend around 3 a.m. on Oct. 15 and said "they were stealing from him" and that he killed them and cut them up. He was arrested in Florida on another charge at a later date.
The crime is punishable by death, life in prison with or without parole. His next hearing is January 12.
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