Posted on 04/15/2024 6:12:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
* The two women were last seen March 30
* One woman was part of a bitter custody battle
* Four arrests were made, including the children's grandmother
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(NewsNation) — Two bodies were found in rural Texas County, Oklahoma, after police began searching for the remains of two Kansas moms who went missing more than two weeks ago, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said Sunday night.
The deceased individuals will be transported to a medical examiner’s office to determine identification, as well as cause and manner of death, police said.
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, from Hugoton, Kansas, disappeared March 30 without a trace except for an abandoned car found on the side of a road. Their car was found 1,000 feet off of Oklahoma State Highway 95 along a dirt path.
What we know about the 2 missing Kansas moms Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, were arrested in Texas and Cimarron Counties, OSBI said Saturday.
All four were booked into the Texas County Jail on two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, according to police.
The OSBI, the FBI and the Texas County Sheriff’s Department found the bodies. Police have scheduled a news conference at 10 a.m. CT Monday to provide more details about the investigation.
Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50 and Cora Twombly, 44, were arrested in Texas and Cimarron Counties, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Saturday.Read More »
Congregants of Hugoton First Christian Church are grieving, gathering for prayer and hymns outside the family home of Kelley following Sunday service. After two weeks of hope, two local families now know to mourn Kelley, a mother of four and Butler, a mother of two.
NewsNation spotted an extraordinary show of law enforcement as they served the four arrest warrants.
NewsNation crew, the only network on the ground to capture exclusive footage following more than 20 swat and police vehicles to various locations.
Outside one compound, NewsNation heard an officer on a loudspeaker announcing, “We have a warrant for your arrest!” All officers appeared heavily armed and wary of all who approached, drawing guns to turn people back, including NewsNation crew.
NewsNation learned Adams is the paternal grandmother of Butler’s children and Cullum is Adams’ boyfriend.
NewsNation previously reported Butler and the father of her children were embroiled in a bitter custody battle, and that just 10 days before the women went missing, Butler had filed a petition in court for more visitation with her children and was seeking full custody.
A court hearing was set for this Wednesday, when Butler was expected to seek full custody.
OSBI is not revealing details about what happened or the actions of each suspect, but a custody dispute may be linked to a motive.
Kelley was among four court-approved supervisors for Butler’s visitations. They never made it to the usual pickup point at an abandoned gas station in Texas County.
Butler’s family says the two were traveling together to Eva, Oklahoma, to pick up Butler’s two children. NewsNation has learned Butler’s children may have been living with Adams.
No word yet on the arraignments of the four suspects. Their alleged actions have left six children without their mothers.
Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. Unfortunately, too many females just can’t grasp the concept that there is evil in the world. “Girls just want to have fun”...don’t you know.
I showed my daughter w/2 kids and an ex that routinely exchange the kids.
Cold blooded murder 2X. Oakie panhandle is a very lonely place. How would you figure that you would every get away with double murder without the shoveling part and the shut up part.
Those people are pure evil! Just horrible!
One was the Mom of kids and the other was a Pastor’s wife riding with her for support.
One was the Mom of kids and the other was a Pastor’s wife riding with her for support.
The two killed were 1) the mother of the kids in the custody suit, and 2) her pastor's wife, who was a court-approved supervisor of the mom's visitation with the kids.
The pastor's wife was also a mom. Her kids were not involved in this situation, and presumably are with their father.
The paternal grandmother of the disputed children had custody of the kids, and did not want to give any custody back to her daughter-in-law (their actual mother). I had read that drugs were involved with both the young parents.
I hope the kids from this dispute were taken to foster care when the arrest of their murderous grandmother was made.
the amount of hate these people had and its selfish hate. the kids weren't even thought about..
Jesus take the wheel.
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