With Friends Like These...

Norman, OK - You know the saying, "friends help you move, but real friends help you move bodies." That seems to be the motto of a group of party goers in Norman late last year.

According to court records, a Norman police officer discovered a dead body on the side of the road December 5th of last year.

The body, which showed no apparent signs of foul play (other than being dead on the side of the road), was later identified as belonging to Michael Henderson.

When investigators spoke to Henderson's family they learned he was last seen at a party in an apartment complex in Norman.

Police then interviewed Merrick Thunderbull, 29, Keely Black, 29, and Thomas Palmer, 50.

The three allegedly explained that Henderson had been drinking and smoking crack at their party. Later the three discovered Henderson deceased on the couch.

Naturally a dead body tends to be a real buzz kill at an otherwise kicking party, so the three did what any other thoughtful law abiding hosts would do... They allegedly loaded Henderson's body into their car and dumped it on the side of the road.

All three now face felony charges of unauthorized removal of a dead body.

You can follow Thunderbull's case here - Black's case here - and Palmer's case here.