Body Found In Beaver County, Okla.

BEAVER, Okla. - A body has been located in Beaver County, Okla.

According to a press release from Beaver County Sheriff S. Scott Mitchell, their office was contacted  June 12, by officials from the Hooker, Okla., Police Department, the District 1 Attorney's Task Force, and the Texas County, Okla., Sheriff's Department, to assist in recovering a "deceased individual."

The deceased was reportedly located in an area Southwest of Forgan, Okla., in Beaver County.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was also requested to assist in the investigation, as well as the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office and the District 1 Attorney’s Office.

"I would like to assure the public that at no time was there or is there any threat to the safety of our citizens and communities," Mitchell said in the press release.

In contacting OSBI Public Information Officer Hunter McKee, he confirmed that OSBI had been contacted.

"The OSBI was requested to investigate a suspicious death in Beaver County last week," McKee said in an email dated June 16. "That individual has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for identification and to determine a cause and manner of death."

According to Mitchell, this incident is currently still under investigation, and there is no other information available at this time.