Seven bodies were found Monday in Oklahoma (south-central United States) during a police search for two missing teenage girls who were 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 the missing girls, ages 14 and 16, according to The New York Times.
But the search for the teenage girls was suspended 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,” the sheriff said, adding that a homicide investigation has been opened.
The local daily The Tulsa World quotes Eddy Rice as saying that authorities believe that two of the seven bodies discovered are those of the missing girls. According to the newspaper, the bodies were found inside the property where a man previously convicted of sexual assault, 39-year-old Jesse L. McFadden, resided.
A wanted poster had been issued earlier Monday that the two teenage girls were last seen at 1:22 a.m. (6:22 GMT) in Henryetta and could be traveling in a white Chevrolet Avalanche with the suspect.
He was scheduled to appear in court in Muskogee County on Monday on charges including “child pornography and attempting to solicit sexual behavior or communication with a minor using technology,” according to the New YorkTimes. He did not appear in court on Monday morning and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
