Bodies found in Foss Lake may be teens who went missing in 1970s
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press on Sep 18, 2013, at 8:45 AM Updated on 9/18/13 at 12:29 PM
Officials investigate the scene Tuesday at Foss Lake where two decades-old cars were pulled from the water by a dive team. LARISSA GRAHAM/AP Photo/The Elk City Daily News
State
Convicted of a murder that occurred when he was 13, the now 30-year-old has spent most of his life in a maximum-security prison.
He is accused of sending an email to a state senator who testified that he felt threatened by the tone of the message.
FOSS — An Oklahoma sheriff said investigators are confident that one of two cars pulled from the bottom of an Oklahoma lake contained the remains of three teenagers who went missing in 1970.
But Custer County Sheriff Bruce Peoples told The Associated Press on Wednesday that investigators are still trying to determine whose remains were in the other car pulled from Foss Lake.
He said the car may be linked to the 1969 disappearance of three people or the disappearance of two others about a decade earlier. In both cases, those missing were believed to have been in an early-model Chevrolet like the one recovered Tuesday.
The state medical examiner's office said Wednesday it believes the remains of six people were recovered. The Highway Patrol said three skulls have been recovered.
State
Convicted of a murder that occurred when he was 13, the now 30-year-old has spent most of his life in a maximum-security prison.
He is accused of sending an email to a state senator who testified that he felt threatened by the tone of the message.
