Full Notification

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (January 18, 2023) – Special Agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) have secured an arrest warrant for First Degree Murder for Brock Thompson (1/17/1988) in connection with the disappearance of 23-year-old Devin Wade Viles. Viles was reported missing to the Bartlesville Police Department on August 5, 2022. On August 10, 2022, the Bartlesville Police Department requested assistance from the OSBI.

Viles was last seen on July 11, 2022 at a family member’s house. Investigators developed information that Thompson was the last to be with Viles before he disappeared.

Human remains were found on September 30, 2022. The remains were discovered in a rural pasture approximately 10 miles east of Highway 169 in Nowata County. The Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the identity of the remains, as well as cause and manner of death. However, the remains were found in a location that Viles and Thompson were last known to be together.

Thompson is currently in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. He was convicted on charges related to Trafficking Illegal Drugs in January 2016 and was paroled in April 2021. In December 2022, Thompson was reincarcerated for violating his parole.

***Thompson’s DOC photo is attached.***