Story highlights Craig Strickland went missing during a duck hunting trip in Oklahoma late last month

His hunting companion, Chase Morland, was found dead last week

Strickland's six-member Backroad Anthem formed in Arkansas in 2012

(CNN) Country music singer Craig Strickland has been found dead more than a week after he went missing in a powerful winter storm, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Monday.

Strickland, a 29-year-old vocalist in the country rock band Backroad Anthem, was duck hunting with his friend Chase Morland late last month at Oklahoma's Kaw Lake as a fierce winter weather system was hitting central portions of the country, the band said

Rain, sleet and snow pelted the area, with wind gusts of up to 45 mph and wind chills as low as 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Morland acknowledged the danger in a haunting tweet December 26.

"In case we don't come back, @BackroadCRAIG and I are going right through Winter Storm Goliath to kill ducks in Oklahoma. #IntoTheStorm."

In case we don't come back, @BackroadCRAIG and I are going right through Winter Storm Goliath to kill ducks in Oklahoma. 😅 #IntoTheStorm — Chase Morland (@ChaseMorland) December 27, 2015

Morland's body was found two days later. The friends' boat had apparently overturned, and Strickland's dog was found alive.

For everyone wanting to know, Sam is fine. He was a brave boy. He wouldn't leave Chase's body until the Warden found him. — Helen Strickland (@HelenWisner) December 29, 2015

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