An Oklahoma grandmother accused of masterminding a plot to kill two women over a custody battle over her grandchildren had posted increasingly disturbing messages on her now-dead Facebook page before the killings.
Tiffany Adams is “unfettered,” said Leanne Webb, who met Adams at a political event last year and they became friends. “She has a lot of weird beliefs and she thinks the rest of the world is corrupt. It was all conspiracy theories and nonsense.”
In February, Adams, 54, reposted an article claiming that modern society lives in a simulation. “She would post several times a day sometimes, but it was all like that,” Webb says.
Adams and her boyfriend Tad Cullum often met with friends Cole Twombly and Cora Twombly to discuss their roles in a fringe group called God’s Misfits.
The four frequently posted anti-government abuse on their respective Facebook pages. “It was just weird and weird,” said Webb, who later unfriended them. “And they were trying to raise [her grandkids] believe the same thing. ”
All four were charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the deaths of 27-year-old Veronica Butler and 39-year-old Jillian Kelly, who disappeared on March 30.
Adams is the paternal grandmother of Butler’s two children. The two women were involved in a custody dispute.
Butler and Kelly disappeared while on their way to the Adams home where they were scheduled to pick up their two children for a birthday party. Butler was only allowed supervised visitation with his children, and Kelly, the pastor’s wife, was one of the court-approved supervisors. Kelly doesn’t seem to have a close relationship with his family.
Police believe the two women were ambushed and murdered by Adams, Cullum and Twombly. Their bodies were discovered two weeks later in shallow graves on land Callum rented.
A stun gun was found at the scene. Adams and his friends had purchased five similar stun guns days before the murder.
In an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation probable cause affidavit, authorities allege that Adams openly admitted responsibility for the murder.
“After his arrest on April 13, 2024, Adams made statements to law enforcement during a detention interview that he was responsible for the deaths of Butler and Kelly,” Lt. Amy Gates said in the affidavit.
The affidavit also alleges that Ms. Adams wanted full custody of her grandchildren and needed Butler to stay out of the way.
Adams’ son, Wrangler Rickman, is the children’s father. At the time of the murder, he was in a rehab facility in Oklahoma City. He previously complained on social media that his mother was “trying to steal my children”.
Adams, Cullum and Twombly are represented by the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS), a state agency charged with representing clients who cannot afford private attorneys. OIDS declined to comment on the charges.
The founder of God Misfits, who goes by the nickname “Squirrel,” has distanced himself from the Oklahoma killer quartet, insisting the murders were part of a custody battle and not part of the group’s teachings. I’m trying to do this.
“I have nothing to do with them,” Rhys said. news nations Ashley Banfield on Monday. “The God I serve condemns such hatred.”
The four defendants are scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing next month. They have pleaded not guilty and are being held without bail.
