Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation   Stan Florence  Director   Jessica Brown Public Information Director

03/13/12                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           

Agents Help Investigate Suspicious Death in Ottawa County

The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office requested OSBI assistance with a suspicious death. This afternoon the body of Beau Pierce, 31, was discovered lying along a tree line near County Road 130 about 1/4 mile west of State Highway 10. Pierce, whose last known address was Bentonville, Arkansas, was last seen at the Bordertown Casino in Seneca, Missouri, January 24th. County sheriff’s deputies and OSBI agents conducted numerous interviews of those living in the area and his family members.

The state medical examiner’s office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.