Four people were 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 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, reports USA Today.
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. The connection between the two women was unclear. Investigators suspected foul play in the disappearance. “They never made it to the pickup location. Their car was located abandoned on the side of the road,” said an Endangered Missing Advisory from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Two bodies were recovered in rural Texas County. The bodies will be taken to the medical examiner to determine identification and cause and manner of death.