Well, not sure how alive or well they might be if they are located there. It just all rings a bell as to how familiar it seems to my experience and what could have happened, I am not the type to blink or shy away if I have to pop a cap in someone, however what about the Jamisons, he had his family with him, weak point to exploit by someone that wanted to do something to them. Take the child and both parents submit. Looking for land, they are stopped by a short haired man asking what they are doing there. Perhaps wanting to hide meth lab, pot field, gold mine or whatever his bag was, takes the family at gunpoint, perhaps while walking the land. That land is too close to the road so that buzzards could be seen or the smell of the bodies would attract attention. Where do you get rid of the bodies, back in the desolute mountains with rather easy access? Where is that? Either back to Wilburton where Robbers Cave Park is and a lot of people, south to the Winding Stairs and the Kiamichis,better to hide but further to go and greater chance of discovery, or the best choice, to Middle Mountain or Poteau Mountain, which can be seen clearly from Red Oak, where would you go?
Now if there were a compound of Elohim types or whatever, there is a structure that has to be obeyed in the chain of command, so take the family back to the others that might be in cahoots with whatever endeavor they may be involved with, pass judgment of what to do with them and there you go. If there are women at the compound, the the female instinct might protect the child, but not so much the man and wife, so at least the child may still be alive