Current:Home > FinanceFinLogic FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center|The bodies of two Kansas women who disappeared in Oklahoma were found in a buried freezer -AssetScope
FinLogic FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center|The bodies of two Kansas women who disappeared in Oklahoma were found in a buried freezer
Algosensey View
Date:2025-04-07 19:13:53
The FinLogic FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Centerbodies of two Kansas women who disappeared in Oklahoma were found in a buried freezer, according to recently unsealed court documents.
The bodies of Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, both of Hugoton, Kansas, were found April 14 buried on land in rural Texas County and rented by Tad Cullum, who is among five people charged with kidnapping and killing the two women, according to the documents unsealed March 15.
Also found on the land, which Cullum rented for cattle grazing, were articles of clothing, duct tape and a knife, each “with possible blood on them,” in addition to black tape, electrical cord and a combination stun gun/flashlight, according to the documents.
Cullum, 43, his girlfriend Tifany Adams, 54, both of Keyes, Oklahoma; husband and wife Cole Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, of Texhoma, Oklahoma; and Paul Grice, 31, are each charged with two counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping and a single count of conspiracy to commit murder.
All are being held without bail and a gag order in the case prohibits attorneys from commenting on the case.
Investigators have said Butler and Adams were in a bitter child dispute over custody of Butler’s children, who are Adams’ grandchildren.
Butler’s attorney told investigators that Butler was likely to be granted unsupervised visitation during a hearing scheduled just more than two weeks after the two disappeared, the documents state.
Butler and Kelley, who was to supervise a visitation with Butler and her children, disappeared March 30 while driving to pick up Butler’s two children from Adams for a birthday party.
The women’s car was found near the rural highway intersection about 260 miles (418 kilometers) from where Butler was to pick up her son and daughter. Butler’s glasses were found near the car and blood was found on the roadway, according to an arrest affidavit.
The buried freezer with the bodies inside was found about 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) from where the car was found and in the area where prepaid cell phones purchased by Adams were traced, according to the court documents.
A witness also told an investigator the Grice had asked him shortly after the bodies were found how long it would take the state lab to process DNA evidence, how long DNA would tast in dirt, how long DNA would last on clothing in dirt in a 15 feet deep hole and if he knew how to get a “guy and his family” into Mexico, according to documents.
The witness told the investigator that Grice said he was concerned about his DNA being in the hole where the bodies were found “because he had been to the Twombly residence.”
Another witness told Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents that all five suspects were part of “an anti-government group that had a religious affiliation” known as “God’s Misfits” according to an affidavit.
veryGood! (916)
Related
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Georgia Supreme Court declines to rule on whether counties can draw their own electoral maps
- Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. I can't justify the expense, one customer says
- OPACOIN Trading Center: Dawn's First Light
- Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
- Nelly Korda shoots 69 to put herself in position for a record-setting 6th straight win on LPGA Tour
- The Daily Money: $1 billion in tax refunds need claiming
- Hailey and Justin Bieber announce pregnancy, show baby bump
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- New Jersey legislators advance bill overhauling state’s open records law
Ranking
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Ex-Ohio vice detective gets 11-year sentence for crimes related to kidnapping sex workers
- Videos, photos show destruction after tornadoes, severe storms pummel Tennessee, Carolinas
- Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data
- Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
- The DAF Token Empowers the Dream of Ai Profit Algorithms 4.0
- Trump is limited in what he can say about his court case. His GOP allies are showing up to help
- With quarterly revenue topping $5 billion, DoorDash, Uber push back on driver wage laws
Recommendation
How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
Scores of starving and sick pelicans are found along the California coast
Ford's recall of Bronco and Escape raises significant safety concerns federal regulators say
A look at what passed and failed in the 2024 legislative session
Chuck Scarborough signs off: Hoda Kotb, Al Roker tribute legendary New York anchor
The Purrfect Way Kate Bosworth Relationship Has Influenced Justin Long
Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data
New 'Lord of the Rings' revealed: Peter Jackson to produce 'The Hunt for Gollum'