[4] The skeletal remains of two adults and one child were discovered by two hunters in a remote area of Latimer County in November 2013, more than four years after the family went missing,[8] and less than 3 mi (4.8 km) away from where the pickup truck had been abandoned.
The remains were widely presumed to be those of the missing family, though the Oklahoma medical examiner's office had to use anthropological and forensic pathological testing to identify them.
[5] Before the remains were discovered, several theories emerged about the family's disappearance, such as that they had faked their own deaths, were in witness protection, were murdered or had died by group suicide.
Investigators cited the large amount of cash found in their truck, and the apparent strange behavior exhibited by Bobby and Sherilynn shortly before they went missing.
[10] The Jamisons had reportedly told their local pastor, Gary Brandon, on separate occasions that they had seen spirits inside their home and that Bobby had allegedly claimed to have been reading from The Satanic Bible.