Missing Oklahoma Senate candidate Barry Christian was found dead inside a truck in a rural part of the state on Thursday, according to authorities. A drilling consultant from Sayre, Oklahoma, he was 54.
Christian, who was running for Oklahoma State Senate District 38 as one of three Republican candidates for the seat, had been reported missing on Wednesday after he failed to attend a scheduled meeting. He had last been seen in Sayre on Tuesday.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, which was asked by the Sayre Police Department to investigate the case, said Christian’s vehicle was discovered around 9:45 a.m. local time on Thursday morning by Beckham County deputies in the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area, just south of Erick, Oklahoma.
A body was found inside the vehicle and identified as Christian. No detail on the cause of his death has yet been disclosed. The Republican candidate’s body was brought to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine his cause and manner death, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said.
An investigation into Christian’s disappearance and death is ongoing.
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