Authorities in Oklahoma said on Saturday that four persons had been taken into custody and were being charged with murder in relation to the disappearance of two women. According to authorities on Sunday, the remains of two other victims have also been discovered, however they have not yet been identified.
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 by the roadside.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reported that Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, were all detained 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 resulted in the four people’s arrests, as well as any potential motives or connections to the victims, were not disclosed by the authorities.
Two bodies were found in Texas County on Sunday, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Identification was still pending for both bodies.
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The Texas County Sheriff’s Department issued a missing persons alert on March 30. At that time, Butler and Kelley were last observed traveling in a car together. To pick up Butler’s kids, they had come from a nearby area in Kansas, according to CBS station KWTV. According to the warning for missing persons, neither “made it to the pick up location.”
According to KWTV, Butler was embroiled in a custody dispute, but it was unclear if this was connected to her abduction.
The women’s vehicle was discovered abandoned on 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 after the automobile was discovered that “investigators believe there was evidence to indicate foul play.” It didn’t go into detail about what that proof was.
