Tragedy in Texas County, Oklahoma We're learning new details in
the case involving 2 missing moms from Kansas.
Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly vanished March 30th,
their car found abandoned in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
Four people have now been arrested in the case,
including the grandmother of Butler's children.
Newspaper's Adria Goans breaks down the new information for us.
Adria Jolene Tiffany Adams, one of the four people arrested
in this case,
had custody of Butler's two children.
Court documents confirm a problematic custody battle is the focus
of this murder case.
You have two people.
Who are who are dead and four people that committed.
An absolutely brutal crime. A crime committed over custody.
According to court records, Veronica Butler was on her way
to a supervised visit with her kids when she and
Jillian Kelly,
her court appointed supervisor, disappeared in rural Texas County family,
finding Butler's car abandoned after they never returned home.
They found some things that just weren't adding up.
According to court records, deputies found blood beside the car
Butler's glasses in the middle of the road next to
a broken hammer,
sparking an extensive search. It took everybody in this case
to get this done.
We know that there were people throughout the two week
process who were,
who were frustrated, who wanted answers as soon as possible.
You know, we wanted those answers too.
We're probably talking somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 law
enforcement officers.
Truly no exaggeration. The investigation pointing to Adams,
her boyfriend Tad Cullum and Cole and Cora Twombly.
All four arrested over the weekend charged with first degree
murder,
kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder.
Court documents show the attack was planned stating the four
were part of an anti government religious group known as
God's Misfits,
the Twomblies telling their teenage daughter they would be gone
the day the women went missing.
For a mission, according to the affidavit.
In the weeks before, Adams purchased burner phones and stun
guns,
those burner phones pinging close to private property,
where investigators found fresh dirt work.
A hole that had been dug up,
filled back in and covered with hay,
likely the spot where the two bodies were found.
All those court documents also showed this was not the
first time Adams planned to kill Butler.
Back in February, the group reportedly wanted to throw an
anvil out of the back of a truck in the
Butler's windshield.
Like an accident, Butler never left her home that day.
OSBI says it's still waiting on the medical examiner to
determine the ID of those two bodies found and the
exact cause of death.