Wichita ? Two brothers whose dismembered remains were found in a Cowley County pit were caught up in an apparent dispute between the owners of a Wichita nightclub, according to court documents.

The sworn police affidavit also cited debt as the apparent motive behind the death of a third man whose remains were also discovered in the pit.

The bodies of brothers Oscar Ramirez, 27, and Nicholas Ramirez, 22, and Clint Jones, 30, were found Aug. 29, a month after family members reported the brothers missing. The affidavits, filed in Sedgwick County District Court, were based on early police investigations that helped secure arrests and charges.

Arturo Garcia, 30, remains jailed on three counts of murder in the deaths. Six others — Lauren Bertsch, Christy Cousins, Marshall McCrea, Joshua Thorpe, Bobby Seigler and Carlos Lacayo-Arce — are charged with aiding a felon.

The brothers’ cousin, Luis Hernandez, and Garcia were part owners of Wichita’s Club Mexico.

On Aug. 11, police found the brothers’ wrecked and abandoned car. That same day, they got a tip from Hernandez’s wife about a “phone conversation in which she overheard her husband tell Oscar Ramirez on July 30 to go to the club and beat up his partner,” the affidavit said.

Police Detective Rick Craig contacted Garcia, who told him the brothers arrived at the club but he wouldn’t let them in because he was by himself.

By that that time, Clint Jones was already dead, according to the affidavit. Two witnesses, Thorpe and Seigler, told police they were attending one of the club’s all-night raves in July when they saw Garcia shoot Jones in the nightclub’s basement a half dozen times, “one time for every $1,000 he owed.” They said they helped clean up afterward.

Seigler also told police that Garcia told him about shooting the Ramirez brothers when they showed up at the club a few days later.

According to the affidavit, Seigler told police that Garcia said he eventually allowed the brothers inside the club. One brother hit him in the jaw, the other came at him with an empty beer bottle. Garcia drew a gun and allegedly shot them.

According to the affidavit, Club Mexico employees told detectives they saw the dismembered bodies, packaged in trash bags that were taken out of town days later.

Various witnesses told police they saw Garcia and others wearing surgical masks, ponchos and waders during the dismemberment of the victims. They said the bodies remained at the club several days.