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SWARTZ CREEK, MI — A Swartz Creek man who went missing on Christmas Eve has been found dead, while another man is in jail on a murder charge.

Michigan State Police confirmed Kevin Bacon, 25, was found dead the morning of Saturday, Dec. 28, at a house in Bennington Township in Shiawassee County. Police arrested a 50-year-old man of Bennington Township on an open murder charge, police confirmed.

Open murder contains both first- and second-degree murder.

Police did not disclose additional details, such as how they discovered Bacon, how he was killed, or his association, if any, with the suspect.

“I’m just in shock about the whole thing,” said Michelle Myers, Bacon’s close friend and roommate. “It’s just hard to process right now.”

Myers previously told MLive she was the last person to see Bacon on Dec. 24. Myers said Bacon told her around 5 p.m. he was meeting up with a man he’d met on Grindr, a dating app.

At 6:12 p.m., Kevin Bacon texted Myers saying he was going to be out for a while, and he wasn’t sure when he’d be back, but that he was having fun, Myers told MLive.

Karl Bacon, Kevin’s dad, previously told MLive his son was supposed to come over for breakfast around 9 a.m. on Christmas but never showed up. Karl Bacon said he was concerned and called police around 5 p.m.

On Dec. 25, Karl Bacon said he met with police in Swartz Creek and later found his son’s car in the parking lot of a plaza near a Family Dollar. Inside the car, police found Kevin Bacon’s phone and wallet, Karl Bacon said. The following day, police found Kevin Bacon’s clothes in a bag in the backseat of his car, his car keys being the only missing items, according to Karl Bacon.

Search parties and police were looking in the area of Sports Creek Raceway, located 4290 Morrish Road in Swartz Creek, around 3 p.m. Friday.

Kevin Bacon had worked as a hairstylist at a Flint-area JC Penney. He was also enrolled at the University of Michigan-Flint where he recently changed his major to psychology.