A police search for two missing teenage girls found seven bodies Monday, May 1 in Oklahoma.
Seven bodies were found Monday in Oklahoma, south-central United States, during a police search for two missing teenage girls allegedly seen with a sex offender, US media reported, citing authorities.
The seven bodies have not been identified and authorities have not officially clarified whether they include those of missing girls, ages 14 and 16, according to The New York Times.
However, the search for the teenage girls was put on hold after the bodies were found in the town of Henryetta, south of Tulsa, Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice told the newspaper. “We believe we found everything we were looking for this morning,” Eddy Rice said, adding that a murder investigation had been started.
Local newspaper The Tulsa World quotes Eddy Rice as saying authorities believe two of the seven bodies found are those of the missing girls. According to the newspaper, the bodies were found on the property where a man previously convicted of sexual assault, 39-year-old Jesse L. McFadden, lived.
A wanted notice was issued Monday that the two teenage girls were last seen at Henryetta at 1:22 a.m. and may be traveling with Jesse L. McFadden in a white Chevrolet Avalanche.
The latter was due to appear in court in Muskogee County Monday on charges including “child pornography use and attempting to solicit sexual conduct or communication with a minor using technology,” according to the New York Times. He failed to appear in court Monday morning and an arrest warrant has been issued for him.