OKMULGEE, Okla. — Okmulgee police said human skeletal remains were found on Jan. 20 about a quarter mile west of Mission Lane on the north side of Highway 62 in Okmulgee.
Okmulgee County's District Attorney’s Office staff said a passerby contacted local media and found a human skull. Investigators found it along with other bones. This sent a wave of fear into the community.
Bennie Colbert lives in the Okmulgee area and spoke with us about the discovery.

"It's miserable, it's bad. We should look at him like it could've been us," said Colbert.
District Attorney staff said they took the remains to the Tulsa medical examiner's office, where they're trying to determine who they belong to. However, the discovery and lack of information left people with many questions.
"Find out who the remains are, what's going on, what age he was, and what he might have died of," said Colbert.
2 News contacted the investigator working on the case, Joe Prentice.
"Way way, way too early to speculate on what happened. There's no way to know when you find skeletonized remains," said Prentice.
Prentice said that because the remains are skeletonized, it could take days or weeks to understand what happened. The investigation is ongoing, and you will be updated when more information is released.
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