2 people arrested and charged with illegal transportation of a corpse

Oklahoma City police have arrested two men accused of illegally moving a man’s body after his death.

Monday, April 1, 2024, 5:27 p.m

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News 9

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma. –

Oklahoma City police have arrested two men accused of illegally moving a man’s body after his death.

Police say Nickolas Roberts and John Bashaw were with the man when he died, possibly from a fentanyl overdose.

Officials say the suspects then carried the man’s body from Northwest 16th Street and Drexel Avenue and dumped it under the bridge near Interstate 40 and May Avenue.

Both were arrested following complaints about the unlawful removal of a body, police confirmed.