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Authorities found the bodies of seven people Monday on a rural property in Oklahoma during a search for two missing teens and an adult man, officials said.
The property is just east of Henryetta, roughly 50 miles south of Tulsa, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said.
One of the bodies appeared to be Jesse McFadden, 39, Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice told reporters at the scene.
Rice said the medical examiner’s office would confirm the identity of McFadden and the others.
A missing person advisory listing McFadden and two teenage girls had been circulated earlier Monday by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The advisory says that Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 16, were last seen Monday morning at 1:22 a.m. at an address in Henryetta.
They were possibly traveling with McFadden in his white Chevy Avalanche, according to the advisory.
The advisory was canceled Monday afternoon.
Rice said he believed authorities found all those who had been reported missing. He declined to say how many of the victims were juveniles, how they died or how long they had been at the property.
He said he had “no idea” what led to the deaths but said it was “a tragic day in Okmulgee County.”
The local school district said in a statement that it was “grieving over the tragedy of the loss of several of our students.”
“Our hearts are hurting, and we have considered what would be best for our students in the coming days,” Henryetta Public Schools said, adding that it would have schools but have grief counselors available.
Members of a task force from the local prosecutor’s office visited the property — a large, rural, wooded area — twice Monday after learning that the missing teens may be with someone associated with it, said Gerald Davidson, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson.
Authorities found the bodies during a second visit at 3 p.m. local time, he said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
