The four suspects charged with murdering Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly, who disappeared in Oklahoma in late March, belonged to an anti-government group called “God’s Misfits,” authorities said. More details surrounding the deaths of the two women are emerging, the affidavit claims.
A special agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said a 16-year-old witness said the group had “religious affiliations” and had regular weekly visits to the homes of two of the suspects, Cole Twombly and Cora Twombly. in court documents. .
OSBI public relations manager Hunter McKee declined further comment about the group in response to questions from FOX News Digital on Tuesday. The Oklahoma City Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also did not immediately respond to an investigation into the matter.
Butler, 27, and Kelly, 39, were last seen on March 30, on their way to pick up their children when their car crashed near the Oklahoma-Kansas border. The vehicle was found abandoned on suspicion of “foul play,” police previously said.
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Four suspects were arrested after Butler and Kelly’s disappearance. Clockwise: Tad Cullum, Cole Twombly, Cora Twombly, and Tiffany Adams. (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation)
“Mr. Butler is charged with two counts each of first-degree murder,” said an affidavit released this week following the arrests of the Twomblys, Tad Cullum and Tiffany Adams. “Mr. Butler was engaged in a contentious custody battle with Tiffany Adams over custody,” the statement read. Butler’s two children” were fathered by Adams’ son.
“Upon inspection of the vehicle and surrounding area, evidence of serious injuries was found.” “Bloodstains were found in the driveway and on the edge of the driveway. Butler’s glasses were also found in the south driveway of the car, near a broken hammer. A pistol magazine was found in Kelly’s purse at the scene; was not found.
Butler’s custody battle began in February 2019 “after numerous hearings and court appearances,” and in the weeks leading up to her death, “a motion was filed for extended visitation for Ms. Butler,” according to the documents. That’s what it means. Kelly, the church’s pastor’s wife, said she was contacted by Butler to oversee the March 30 meeting.
Butler’s attorney then told investigators that Butler will likely be granted unsupervised visitation with his children at a hearing this Wednesday.
But instead of picking up their children that Saturday at an intersection in Texas County, Oklahoma, Butler and Kelly disappeared.
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Police said Veronica Butler (left) and Jillian Kelly were last seen on March 30 while driving to pick up their children. (Oklahoma Highway Patrol)
According to the affidavit, the children’s father’s grandmother said in February that the father “didn’t have to worry anymore because Adams was in control of the custody battle. Adams told the judge he was on his way to work.” “We didn’t have to worry about a custody battle because we knew,” he said. We’re going to take Veronica out at the drop-off.” Investigators say Butler and Kelly’s father was in a rehab facility in Oklahoma City at the time of their disappearance.
The affidavit also states that Adams purchased five stun guns and three burner cell phones that were allegedly used in the plot to kill the woman.
In an interview with the Twombly family’s 16-year-old daughter, identified as CW, Cora said on March 30 that Cora and Cole “stopped Ms. Butler and Ms. Kelly and led them to where Ms. Adams and Mr. Callum were. It was revealed that he had blocked the road in order to do so.
“CW asked about Kelly and why she had to die and was told that Cora was supporting Butler so she wasn’t innocent either. CW told Cora that the body was in the well. Cora asked if he had been put in the room, and Cora replied, “Something like that,”” the affidavit said.
Investigators said two of the burner phones were eventually found in a pasture that Callum had rented for grazing cattle, about 13.5 miles from where the abandoned vehicle was found. That’s what it means. There, “a hole was dug, backfilled and then covered with hay.”
According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, an abandoned vehicle containing two women was found near the Oklahoma-Kansas border. (Google Maps)
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The OSBI said two bodies recently discovered in a rural Texas county are under investigation by the coroner. But McKee said at a press conference on Monday that there was “absolutely no chance” that Butler and Kelly were still alive.
FOX News’ Stephanie Price contributed to this report.
