Bodies found, 4 arrested in connection to missing women
Four people were arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping in connection to the disappearance of two Kansas women in a rural Oklahoma county, where two bodies were found over the weekend.
All four arrested were booked into the Texas County jail Saturday, each for two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said. Official charges have not been filed.
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were on their way to pick up children but never made it to the pick-up location on March 30, according to a missing person poster from the Texas County Sheriff’s Office.
It’s unclear what the connection between the two women is. Investigators said they suspected foul play in their disappearance and that the investigation is ongoing.