ROBERT PIERCE
Leader & Times
Area law enforcement are investigating a deceased body found last week in Beaver County, Okla.
Beaver County Sheriff Scott Mitchell said in a press release, Thursday, deputies with his office received requests from the Hooker, Okla., Police Department, the District One Attorney’s Task Force and the Texas County, Okla., Sheriff’s office, for assistance in recovering a deceased individual in an area southwest of Forgan, Okla.
Mitchell said the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was also requested to assist in the investigation, as was the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office.
Mitchell said the incident is currently under investigation, and there is no other information available at this time.
“I would like to assure the public, at no time, was there or is there any threat to the safety of our citizens and communities,” he said.
