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4 suspected of murdering missing mothers taken into custody

Four people are under arrest and charged in connection to the disappearance of two missing mothers from Kansas who were last seen driving through the Oklahoma panhandle last month — including the grandmother of one of the women’s children.

Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, were taken into custody on Saturday, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced.

The four were suspected of kidnapping and murdering Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, before they vanished on March 30.

Kelley supervised Butler’s visits with her children.

The OSBI and local law enforcement are still currently working to locate the two victims.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the OSBI at The OSBI and local law enforcement are still currently working to locate the two victims. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the OSBI at tips@osbi.ok.gov or 1-800-522-8017/

The mothers were reportedly on the way to Eva, Okla. to pick up Butler’s children who have been living with their paternal grandfather.

Texas County Arrestees
Top (from l). Tad Bert Cullum, Cole Earl Twombly
Bottom (from l): Tifany Machel Adams, Cora Twombly
Photos courtesy OSBI

 

 

 

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