Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation   A. DeWade Langley   Director   Jessica Brown Public Information Director

10/6/06                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           

Cherokee Co. Body Identified

A hunter found an unidentified body in a densely wooded area near Tahlequah Saturday.  Today (Oct. 6), that body has been identified as Joseph William Hain of Tulsa.  The 27-year-old man’s cause of death has not yet been determined by the medical examiner’s office.  At this time, the OSBI and Cherokee County are investigating the death as a murder.