Craig Strickland: Backroad Anthem country singer goes missing during duck hunting trip
The 29-year-old's friend and hunting companion was found dead earlier this week
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Your support makes all the difference.Did a friend of missing country singer Craig Strickland have a premonition that something was going to go wrong when they set off on a duck hunting trip.
Police in Oklahoma are desperately searching searching for the 29-year-old member of country band Backroad Anthem, who disappeared after going duck hunting. He had been accompanied on the trip by a friend, Chase Marland, who was found dead on Monday.
“At approximately 11.10am Trooper Humdy and Trooper Vann recovered one subject, Chase Marland, a 22 year old male from Van Buren, Arkansas, from Kaw Lake,” a spokesperson from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
The news came just days after Mr Marland sent a tweet, seemingly foreshadowing their fate.
He wrote: “In case we don't come back, @BackroadCRAIG and I are going right through Winter Storm Goliath to kill ducks in Oklahoma. #IntoTheStorm.”
Backroad Anthem posted an update on Monday evening, saying the search had been called off for the night.
Everyone please say special prayers for the family of Chase Morland. They were very close friends and it is such a...
Posted by Backroad Anthem on Monday, December 28, 2015
“We are trying to think of a scenario where he is still alive. Hoping against the odds. We can’t even stand to think about it. We are devastated. Only God & time can put us back together. Love all,” it said.
It added: “Everyone please say special prayers for the family of Chase Morland. They were very close friends and it is such a heartbreaking loss.
“Randy Strickland has informed us Craig has not been found. Please keep praying for his safety.”
Authorities said they would resume the search in the morning.
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