Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with the disappearance of two Kansas mothers who were last seen driving through the Oklahoma panhandle last month, including the grandmother of one of the women’s children.
On Saturday, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said on Sunday that two bodies had been recovered in Texas County. Both bodies were still awaiting identification.
Butler and Kelley were last seen in a vehicle together on March 30 before disappearing, according to a missing persons alert issued by the Texas County Sheriff’s Department. According to CBS affiliate KWTV, they drove from adjacent Kansas to take up Butler’s children. The missing persons warning stated that neither “made it to the pick-up location.”
Butler was involved in a custody fight, according to KWTV, although it is unclear whether this was related to her abduction.
According to the state’s bureau of inquiry, the women’s automobile was discovered abandoned by the side of the road at Oklahoma State Highway 95, close to the border between Oklahoma and Elkhart, Kansas.
A few days after the automobile was discovered, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation stated, “Investigators believe there was evidence to indicate foul play.” It did not specify what the evidence was.