04/16/2024

Police Suspect Custody Battle Linked to Killing of Two Kansas Women

They believe the murders are linked to a religious cult

Oklahoma investigators have recovered two bodies in their search after the “suspicious disappearance” of two Kansas women who were on their way to collect children from a birthday party.

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39 went missing March 30 while traveling to Oklahoma from Hugoton, Kan., about 30 miles south, to collect Butler’s two children. Police received several tips from the community after their disappearance, as interest in their case gathered steam in the state and beyond.

Oklahoma officers said they immediately suspected "foul play" based on evidence in the vehicle, and over the weekend, four people were arrested on suspicion of murder, kidnapping and conspiracy.

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