Four people have been taken into custody in connection with the disappearance of two Kansas women who were last seen driving through the Oklahoma Panhandle, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) confirmed to FOX News Digital.
OSBI confirmed on Saturday that four people were taken into custody, but has not yet released the identities of those arrested.
One person was arrested in Texas County and the other three were arrested in Cimarron County, officials said.
OSBI said arrests have been made, but the women remain missing.
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Pastor Tim Singer of the Hugoton Conference of God told Fox News that Jillian Kelley (left) and Veronica Butler (right) will be taking Butler back to her birthday party in Hugoton, Kansas, on Saturday. He said he was planning to pick up his children. (Texas County Sheriff’s Office/Oklahoma Highway Patrol/Shutterstock)
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jillian Kelly, 39, were last seen on March 30, near the Oklahoma-Kansas border, as they were on their way to pick up their children. Their car was found abandoned due to suspected “foul play,” police said.
“We urge everyone in the area to contact us if you know anything or have additional information,” Hunter McKee, public affairs manager for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, told FOX News Digital on Thursday. I continue to tell them that please do so.”
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Police said Veronica Butler (left) and Jillian Kelly were last seen Saturday while driving to pick up their children. (Oklahoma Highway Patrol)
McKee told Fox News Digital on Monday that finding the women alive is becoming “increasingly difficult” as the days go by without knowing their whereabouts.
A missing person advisory from the Texas County Sheriff’s Office says Butler has “several tattoos, including a Chinese symbol on her left forearm and a sunflower on her left shoulder,” and “Jillian has a butterfly on her left forearm.” “I have a tattoo of.”
Butler is 5 feet 4 inches tall with red hair and green eyes and was last seen wearing a blue short-sleeve shirt and denim shorts, according to the alert.
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Kelly has brown hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans and tan or beige shoes.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.
