(GOLDSBORO) -- Four people have been arrested in connection with the death of 16-year-old Ken McLaurin Jr. WTVD reports that officials located the remains believed to be that of McLaurin in the Seven Springs area late Saturday morning. The remains will be sent to the North Carolina State Medical Examiner's office in Chapel Hill for analyses and positive identification.

Police said 17-year-old Curtis Etheridge turned himself into police Saturday around 12:30 p.m.  After seeing himself on television Friday evening, 21-year-old Leonard Joyner turned himself in to a Wayne County Sheriff's deputy . Two other suspects, 19-year-old Jerome Butts and 18-year-old Kevin Edward Smith, were also arrested late Friday as well.

All four suspects have been charged with murder.

A family friend expressed the feelings of the 16 year old's mother and father.

"On behalf of the Kennedy McLaurin Jr. family, I would like thank you all for your prayers and your support," said April Cox-Hobbs.

On Friday police searched an area along a dirt road in a farm field near Seven Springs, which is about 20 miles from Bain Street where McLaurin was last seen on Sunday, Sept. 9. Officials said Friday that they were not able to locate his body, but did find evidence from the crime.