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PICTURED: Mother-in-law, her boyfriend and two others arrested in huge Oklahoma SWAT raid over the kidnapping and murder of Kansas mom and her friend who vanished on way to pick up their children
Daily Mail UK ^ | April 14, 2024 | Dolores Chang

Posted on 04/14/2024 2:10:45 AM PDT by Morgana

Four people have been arrested after a huge Oklahoma SWAT raid over the kidnapping and murder of a Kansas mother and her friend, who disappeared while en route to pick up her children.

A convoy of 20 police vehicles, including SWAT trucks, was spotted traveling swiftly along a dirt track in the Oklahoma panhandle on Saturday.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced the arrests shortly after, saying there was evidence to indicate foul play.

Among the four arrested people are Tifany Adams, 54, the children's grandmother and Adams' boyfriend, Tad Cullum, 43, according to NewsNation.

The other two arrested individuals, Cole Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, are a couple of eight years. They are friends with Adams on Facebook.

All four individuals were booked into the Texas County Jail on two counts of First-Degree Murder, two counts of Kidnapping, and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the First Degree

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were traveling together to pick up Butler's children, aged 6 and 8, on March 30.

They were believed to have been shot with pools of blood left on the ground next to their empty car about 1,000 feet off Oklahoma State Highway 95.

The children were reportedly staying with their grandmother, Adams, as Butler is going through a nasty divorce and custody battle with her husband, Wrangler Cole Rickman.

Kelley, described as more an acquaintance than a friend of Butler's, is a pastor's wife who is said to supervise Butler's visitations with her children.

On March 20, ten days before they went missing, Butler filed a petition in court that would grant her more time with her children, with her goal being full custody.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; oklahoma; pastorswife; police
Jilian Kelley, 39, was a Pastor's wife who had been reported as missing. I had seen stories of this all over the Christian news sites I hit daily. Many were thinking she was the one targeted.
1 posted on 04/14/2024 2:10:45 AM PDT by Morgana
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This is the church her husband was pastor of

https://hugotonfcc.org/


2 posted on 04/14/2024 2:19:01 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

They must belong to some weird cult where the dudes have to enter the Ugliest Beard contest to see who’s biggest moron of them all.


3 posted on 04/14/2024 2:21:15 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: Morgana

This is from their activities calendar:

Mom & Son Outing

Sunday, April 28th
Time: 3PM
Location: FCC Gym
Activities: Hatchet throwing, Nerf guns, Airsoft target shooting, S’mores, hotdogs, & more
More information to come!

I wonder if they used the hatchets?


4 posted on 04/14/2024 2:27:04 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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The ones that did the kidnapping were not church members only the Preacher’s wife whom they kidnapped.

From the looks of them they needed to attend church


5 posted on 04/14/2024 2:39:00 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

What are the hours of the prison chapel?


6 posted on 04/14/2024 2:46:04 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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Call the Texas county jail and ask them

https://pigeonly.com/jail-prisons/oklahoma/texas-county-jail/visitation/


7 posted on 04/14/2024 2:57:38 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
Among the four arrested people are Tifany Adams, 54, the children's grandmother ...

... Butler is going through a nasty divorce and custody battle with her husband, Wrangler Cole Rickman.

Just your average custody dispute, only extra murder. The poor children.

8 posted on 04/14/2024 3:43:12 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Morgana

The pastor’s wife was just along to help with the transfer. Appears to be a kind soul caught up in a horrible situation. It is terrible for her husband, and I’m sure a shock to the church as well


9 posted on 04/14/2024 3:54:16 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: Morgana

White turds havent been in the news in a while. Africanized turds have been stealing all the glory.


10 posted on 04/14/2024 4:18:45 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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“The pastor’s wife was just along to help with the transfer. Appears to be a kind soul caught up in a horrible situation. It is terrible for her husband, and I’m sure a shock to the church as well”

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER! no more phone calls please


11 posted on 04/14/2024 5:52:18 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

There are some real evil people in the world.


12 posted on 04/14/2024 6:16:51 AM PDT by bray (Science says a human life begins at conception.)
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To: Fido969

I was wondering about all the snark aimed at the church. Sounds like the mother had cause to want her children away from her mother-in-law, and the poor church lady was there to keep a lid on the exchange. It looks like the mother had cause to want a witness, but too bad for the witness.


13 posted on 04/14/2024 6:26:25 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: Morgana

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14 posted on 04/14/2024 6:40:16 AM PDT by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Morgana

Where this happened is No-man’s Land. Not even God would have it but that probably doesn’t have a thing to do with this crime. Most of the people involved are just bad old white trash. The children could be better off somewhere else if decent arrangements can be found for them I am sad to say.


15 posted on 04/14/2024 8:25:23 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: Morgana

To think Jilian was merely doing her job. Poor lady and now her kids don’t have a mother.

The evilness of that grandmother. She doesn’t deserve the name grandmother. Those poor kids don’t have a mother and the father is in prison. Thankfully (maybe?), they are with their mother’s father now.


16 posted on 04/14/2024 9:29:05 AM PDT by bgill (.)
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To: Dogbert41

They’re hog farmers and slaughterers. With “no trace” of Veronica or Jilian, LE should dig around the hogs’ feeding area.


17 posted on 04/14/2024 10:00:13 AM PDT by bgill (.)
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To: Tax-chick

Every year, for the rest of her life, the 6 yo and her siblings will remember her birthday as when dad’s family killed their mother.


18 posted on 04/14/2024 10:03:02 AM PDT by bgill (.)
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To: bgill

Good point.


19 posted on 04/14/2024 11:43:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: bgill

I hear that teeth are the only thing pigs do not digest. ???


20 posted on 04/14/2024 5:10:52 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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