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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

BODIES FOUND, POOLS OF BLOOD DISCOVERED, AS MOMS MISS BIRTHDAY PARTY

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Fifteen days after Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley are reported missing, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announce the recovery of two bodies.

The identity of the remains has not been confirmed as yet, but we do know the remains have been sent to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office for identification, as well as the cause and manner of death. 

Initially, police said there was evidence of suspicious circumstances in Veronica Butler‘s car. That evidence was a small amount of blood inside the vehicle.  Police have now released new information.  The vehicle was found on a dirt path, 1,000 feet off of Oklahoma State Highway 95 and near the car, police find multiple puddles of blood, leading investigators to conclude the women were shot, before they were abducted.   

Reports began to surface that a caravan of law enforcement vehicles including swat teams was traveling in the panhandle of Oklahoma. Local reporters said there were some 20 vehicles including swat and other law enforcement vehicles in Cimarron County which split into two groups. One group went to the home of Tiffany Adams, the ex-mother-in-law of Veronica Butler, while the other group of law enforcement traveled to a different location in Cimarron County. 

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has now announced four people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley.   Tiffany Adams, the ex-mother-in-law of Veronica Butler, and Adams' boyfriend, Tad Cullum, are in custody. 

 Cole Twombly and Cora Twombly were also arrested, and all four were taken to the Texas County Jail.  Each person faces two counts of suspicion of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. 

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

  • James Shelnutt - 27 years Atlanta Metro Area Major Case Detective, Former S.W.A.T. officer, Attorney (Gadsden, AL), The Shelnutt Law Firm, P.C., Fmr judge and municipal prosecutor ShelnuttLawFirm.com, Twitter: @ShelnuttLawFirm
  • Tim Jansen -  Criminal defense lawyer and fmr. Federal Prosecutor, Legal Analyst for Tallahassee Democrat’s Newspaper
  • Caryn L. Stark - Psychologist, renowned TV and Radio trauma expert and consultant, www.carynstark.com, Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice 
  • Dr. William Morrone - Medical Examiner, Toxicologist, Pathologist, opioid treatment expert, Author: “American Narcan:Naloxone & Heroin-Fentanyl associated mortality”
  • Lauren Conlin - Investigative journalist, Host of The Outlier Podcast. Host of Corruption: What Happened to Grant Solomon, https://laurenconlin.com, X- @Conlin_Lauren, Instagram- @LaurenEmilyConlin, YouTube- @LaurenConlin4

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Transcript

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0:00.0

In the 90s, New York Detective Louis Scarcella locked up the worst criminals.

0:04.7

Putting bad guys away.

0:06.3

There's no feeling like it.

0:08.0

Then jailhouse lawyers took game led by Derek Hamilton.

0:11.5

Scracella took me to the precinct and alive.

0:14.3

20 men eventually walked free.

0:16.6

Now, in the Burden Podcast, after a decade of silence,

0:20.6

Louis Scarsella finally tells his his story and so does Derek Hamilton.

0:25.0

Listen to the burden on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

0:33.0

Two bodies found in the search for two Kansas moms who disappear in route to a children's pickup and birthday party.

0:46.2

Four in custody after pools of blood found next to the missing mom's empty car. I'm Nancy Grace. Thank is crime story again.

1:08.0

I'm Nancy Grace and this is crime story again.

1:10.0

Thank you for being with us in the the last hour's breaking news, two bodies have been found in a rural area.

1:18.0

We believe at this hour they are the bodies of two missing Kansas moms. the two

1:25.0

moms go missing Kansas moms.

1:26.0

As they are en route to pick up children for a children's birthday party.

1:30.0

What more do we know?

1:32.0

Take a listen to this.

1:33.7

15 days after Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly are reported missing, the Oklahoma State

1:37.8

Bureau of Investigation announces the recovery of two bodies. The identity of the

1:41.6

remains has not been confirmed as of yet, but we do

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