Teen Found Dead In Home

CHOCTAW, Okla. - Hunter Buck, a high school senior, was found lifeless at a friend's home Sunday, and Choctaw Police said someone stole his truck, adding to the teen's mysterious death.

"No one should ever have to bury their own child," Buck's aunt Angela Lashley said.

Lashley said her nephew was a healthy and active teen.

"The last few years he had really buffed up and was looking real good," Lashley said.

The teen suffered from no health-related complications and enjoyed sports like wrestling and boxing.

"Sunday morning, we got a call of a unresponsive male at a residence," Choctaw Police Chief Billy Carter said.

Carter said Buck spent Saturday night with his friends, who ultimately found the teen lifeless Sunday morning. They also realized Buck's truck was missing.

"I believe it was a 1984 Chevrolet pickup," Carter said.

The missing pickup truck was located Wednesday morning at Lake Stanley Draper in Oklahoma City, stripped and burned. Police said they've continued re-tracing Buck's actions Saturday night.

"Right now, we're concentrating mostly on his activities for the past 24 to 48 hours," Carter said.

The state Medical Examiner's Office said Buck's cause of death is pending. Toxicology tests have been ordered, but could take weeks to produce results.

The family, not knowing what happened to Buck, continues to try to stay positive.

"We just believe that God's got something," Lashley said. "God's in control and God's got something good to come out of this."

The Choctaw High School principal said counselors and members of area churches were on hand during the week to aid Buck's classmates.