Authorities announced on Sunday that two dead bodies were discovered in rural Texas during the investigation into the disappearance of two mothers from Kansas who went missing in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, and the Texas County Sheriff’s Office released a joint statement on X stating that the bodies will be transported to the Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner to determine their identification and the cause and manner of death.
The identity of the deceased has not been disclosed by authorities.
Moms Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, both from Hugoton, Kansas, disappeared on March 30. The latest update regarding their whereabouts is that they were on their way to Oklahoma to collect Butler’s children for a birthday celebration in Kansas.
Their vehicle was later discovered abandoned in rural Oklahoma, right near the Kansas border.
Four individuals have been apprehended and charged by Oklahoma law enforcement on Saturday. The charges include two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. These charges are in relation to the disappearance of Butler and Kelley.
Four individuals, namely Tad Bert Cullum, 43; Tifany Machel Adams, 54; Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, are currently in custody as of Sunday night.
