Oklahoma prosecutors on Wednesday charged a fifth member of the rebel group with murdering and kidnapping two Kansas women.
Paul Jeremiah Grice, 31, was charged in Texas County with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and conspiracy to commit murder.
According to an arrest affidavit filed in the case, Grice told Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents that he murdered Veronica Butler, 27, and Jillian Kelly, 39, of Hugoton, Kansas. He stated that he participated in the burial.
Grice is being held without bail at the Texas County Detention Center in Guymon, jail officials said. Court and jail records do not indicate whether Mr. Grice has an attorney who can argue on his behalf.
The others include Tiffany Adams, 54, and her boyfriend Tad Cullum, 43, of the Keys, and Cole, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, of Texoma, Oklahoma. has been charged in connection with the death and is being held without bail.
Butler and Kelly went missing on March 30th while driving to pick up Butler’s two children from a birthday party.
Adams, the children’s grandmother, was in a bitter custody battle with Butler, who was allowed supervised visitation with the children only on Saturdays.
Kelly was authorized to supervise the visit, the affidavit said.
Witnesses who spoke with Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation officials said all five suspects were members of a “religious-affiliated anti-government group,” according to the affidavit.
Investigators learned that the group called themselves “God’s Misfits” and held regular meetings at the Twomblys’ and another couple’s home.
