Authorities spoke to KOCO 5 after a person of interest in the Okmulgee case was taken into custody.This occurred after the remains of four men were found in a river last Friday.”We’re just glad that we could be a part of taking Mr. Kennedy off the streets,” said Chief Mike Fowler, Daytona Beach Shores Police Department.The remains of four men were found in Okmulgee Friday, and a person of interest in the case is now in custody down in Florida.”We weren’t notified he was a person of interest in the case until he was already at the jail,” Fowler said.Daytona Beach Shores police said Joe Kennedy was seen driving a stolen truck from Oklahoma. A digital license plate reader in a patrol car picked up the plate and the officer made a traffic stop.”One of our officers was being proactive, she was notified of the stolen vehicle, she followed that up, made the arrest, and later it turned out to be a bigger deal than what we thought,” Fowler said.The chief told KOCO 5 it caught him by surprise, but back in Oklahoma, Okmulgee police have been looking for Kennedy. He was reported missing Saturday, and he owns a salvage yard where one of the victim’s phones was tracked.”Nothing remarkable was observed in the salvage yard, but evidence of a violent event was discovered on an adjoining property,” said Chief Joe Prentice, Okmulgee Police Department.Now that he’s in custody, it’s not clear when Kennedy will end up back in Oklahoma.”They will work with their prosecutors to extradite, I’m sure,” Prentice said.
Authorities spoke to KOCO 5 after a person of interest in the Okmulgee case was taken into custody.
This occurred after the remains of four men were found in a river last Friday.
“We’re just glad that we could be a part of taking Mr. Kennedy off the streets,” said Chief Mike Fowler, Daytona Beach Shores Police Department.
The remains of four men were found in Okmulgee Friday, and a person of interest in the case is now in custody down in Florida.
“We weren’t notified he was a person of interest in the case until he was already at the jail,” Fowler said.
Daytona Beach Shores police said Joe Kennedy was seen driving a stolen truck from Oklahoma. A digital license plate reader in a patrol car picked up the plate and the officer made a traffic stop.
“One of our officers was being proactive, she was notified of the stolen vehicle, she followed that up, made the arrest, and later it turned out to be a bigger deal than what we thought,” Fowler said.
The chief told KOCO 5 it caught him by surprise, but back in Oklahoma, Okmulgee police have been looking for Kennedy. He was reported missing Saturday, and he owns a salvage yard where one of the victim’s phones was tracked.
“Nothing remarkable was observed in the salvage yard, but evidence of a violent event was discovered on an adjoining property,” said Chief Joe Prentice, Okmulgee Police Department.
Now that he’s in custody, it’s not clear when Kennedy will end up back in Oklahoma.
“They will work with their prosecutors to extradite, I’m sure,” Prentice said.
