Update! Four in Custody, Bodies Found Amid Investigation into Oklahoma Women’s Disappearance
DEBARYLIFE – Authorities in Oklahoma said on Saturday that four persons had been taken into custody and were facing murder charges concerning the abduction of two women. Additionally, two bodies’ remains have been discovered; however, their identities have not yet been established, officials announced on Sunday.
In a remote area of Texas County, Oklahoma, Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were last seen traveling in a car that was subsequently discovered abandoned on the road.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reported that Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tiffany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, were all taken into custody on Saturday and charged with two charges each of first-degree murder and kidnapping as well as one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
The evidence that led to the four people’s arrests, as well as any potential motives or connections to the victims, were not disclosed by the authorities.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said that two bodies were found in Texas County on Sunday. The identities of the two bodies were still pending.
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According to a missing persons alert issued by the Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Butler and Kelley were last seen riding together in a car on March 30 before going missing. According to CBS affiliate KWTV, they had come from a nearby location in Kansas to pick up Butler’s kids. According to the missing person’s alert, neither “made it to the pick-up location.”
KWTV revealed that Butler was embroiled in a custody dispute, although it was unclear if this was connected to her disappearance.
The automobile the women were driving was discovered abandoned by the side of the road close to Oklahoma State Highway 95, which is directly over the border between Oklahoma and Elkhart, Kansas, according to the state’s Bureau of Investigation.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation stated a few days following the discovery of the car that “investigators believe there was evidence to indicate foul play.” It didn’t go into detail about that proof.