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SWARTZ CREEK, MI — The body of a Swartz Creek man who went missing on Christmas Eve was found at a residence in the 700 block of W. Tyrrell Road in Shiawassee County’s Bennington Township, police confirmed Saturday.

The brick house where Kevin Bacon’s body was discovered is set atop a small rise amid the rural landscape of fields and rolling hills.

Michigan State Police cleared the scene around 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28.

Neighbors Art and Pauline Turner said police had been at the residence all day. Pauline heard them first arrive and find the body of 25-year-old Kevin Bacon about 1 a.m. She said troopers came to their door about 9 a.m. to ask questions regarding the resident of the brick home.

“It’s a messed-up deal,” said Art Turner. “It’s been a fiasco all day.”

Police have said they arrested a 50-year-old man on an open murder charge related to Kevin Bacon’s death. They have not disclosed how they discovered Bacon, how he was killed, or his association, if any, with the suspect.

Michigan State Police Special 1st Lt. David Kaiser said the suspect could be arraigned in Shiawassee County District Court as early as Monday, Dec. 30. The suspect’s name is being withheld pending arraignment.

Michelle Myers, Bacon’s friend and roommate, said she had received word of the suspect’s possible involvement in Bacon’s disappearance on Friday and forwarded that tip to police.

“I’m just in shock about the whole thing,” Myers said. “It’s just hard to process right now.”

Myers previously told MLive she was the last person to see Kevin 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., 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.

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.