CAMERON, Mo. —

A husband and wife from Missouri have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of an Oklahoma man whose disappearance in 2014 became a cold case.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said James Merritt Larson Jr., 42, and Penny Larson, 40, are accused of killing Dustin Ray Carver, who vanished in May 2014. Advertisement

Carver was last seen at a residence in Kansas, Oklahoma.

Deputies and OSBI agents later searched the property and discovered human remains in a burn pile, which were transported to the state medical examiner’s office.

The case stalled for years until July 2025, when the Clinton County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office provided new leads from a jail inmate linking the Larsons to Carver’s death.

On Sept. 12, the Delaware County District Attorne

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