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Investigators reveal where they found bodies of two Kansas women who vanished before being killed by sick cult

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Investigators have revealed they found the dead bodies of two Kansas women in a freezer following a two-day excavation of a burial site.

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were traveling together to pick up Butler's children, ages six and eight, on March 30, when they disappeared about three miles from their destination.

Their bodies were recovered on April 14 after 'pools of blood' were found next to their empty car. Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle, and Kelley, a pastor's wife, was one of her supervisors for her visitations with the kids. 

Tifany Adams, 54, her boyfriend Tad Cullum, 43, Cole and Cora Twombly, 50 and 44, and Paul Grice, 31, have been charged with murder over the deaths and have pleaded not guilty. 

They are allegedly members of a gang called 'God's Misfits,' which is an anti-governmental religious sect.

Veronica Butler, 27
Jilian Kelley, 39

Investigators have revealed they found the dead bodies of Kansas women Veronica Butler, 27, (left) and Jilian Kelley, 39, (right) in a freezer following a two-day excavation of a burial site

New court documents have revealed extra details about the investigation into Butler and Kelley's deaths, according to KFOR

Their bodies were discovered in a chest freezer after an excavation of a burial site, which lasted two days, according to search warrants filed on May 15. 

But it did not provide any detail on how the two women were killed. 

Items including jeans, sweatshirts, T-shirts, a black jacket, cloth gloves, ball caps, duct tape and a sheathed black knife were found at the site and possibly had blood on them.

Grice allegedly asked a witness who came forward how long DNA would last on clothes in the dirt in a 15-foot-deep hole.

The court documents said that he also asked if the witness knew 'how to get a guy and his family' to Mexico.

Cole and Cora Twombly allegedly had cellphones in a truck, which they were driving when they were arrested.

It has information linking them to the site where the women were abducted from and the burial site, according to the filings. 

Investigators are beginning to reveal what they've discovered about the killings and wrote in affidavits filed in court that this wasn't even the first time Adams' group had tried to kill Butler.

Adams' son, Wrangler Rickman, technically had custody of his and Butler's two children, but he was confirmed to be in an Oklahoma rehab facility, leaving the kids largely under Adams' supervision.

Butler had wanted more than the weekly mandated visits with her kids under supervisors such as Kelley, but Adams - who was also known to have kept Rickman away from the children - had no desire to give in.

Adams and Cullum had plotted to kill Butler previously in February, according to a witness.

They were traveling together to pick up Butler's children, ages six and eight, on March 30, when they disappeared about three miles from their destination

They were traveling together to pick up Butler's children, ages six and eight, on March 30, when they disappeared about three miles from their destination

Adams (bottom left), her boyfriend Tad Cullum (top left) and fellow gang members Cora (top right) and Cole (bottom right) Twombly and accused of murdering the two women

Adams (bottom left), her boyfriend Tad Cullum (top left) and fellow gang members Cora (top right) and Cole (bottom right) Twombly and accused of murdering the two women

They created that plan to make it look like an accident, 'because anvils regularly fall off of work vehicles,' records said.

The couple had gone as far as traveling to Butler's Hugoton, Kansas, home to pull off the plan but Butler never left her house, CNN reported.

It appears Adams had a more detailed plan to eliminate the mother of her grandchildren the second time around.

Search records recovered for Adams showed she had looked up the level of pain caused by a taser, various gun shops and how to buy prepaid cell phones.

Adams, later in February, went to a Walmart and bought three prepaid, unregistered phones.

In March, Butler filed a motion to grant her more visitation time with her children. Days later, Adams purchased five stun guns from a nearby gun shop.

On Easter weekend, Butler was set to take the kids to a birthday party with family after picking them up from Adams.

Adams claims Butler told her she could not make the kids visit during a phone call the morning of March 30, but records show Butler was already on her way to picking up Kelley.

Kelley, it should be noted, is not the regular supervisor of Butler's visits. A woman named Cheryl Brune usually went with Butler, but Butler believed she was unavailable that day.

Burne, however, told police that she had been available but Adams had called her and told her to take a couple of weeks off.

Adams and Cullum met around 9 am with Adams, Cora and Cole Twombly, according to Cora's 16-year-old daughter, who said they were on a 'mission.'

The suspects accused of killing two Kansas mothers belonged to a creepy anti-governmental religious gang known as 'God's Misfits,' which the teenager confirmed to police.

The teen later told police the organization met weekly at either the Twomblys' home or that of another member.

The girl told officers the group had discussed the safety of Adams' children, saying that it was at risk if they were with Butler.

Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle and Kelley, a pastor's wife, was one of her supervisors for her visitations with the kids

Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle and Kelley, a pastor's wife, was one of her supervisors for her visitations with the kids  

Kelley (pictured with her pastor husband Heath Kelley) is not the regular supervisor of Butler's visits. The regular supervisor said Adams called her and told her to take a couple of weeks off

Kelley (pictured with her pastor husband Heath Kelley) is not the regular supervisor of Butler's visits. The regular supervisor said Adams called her and told her to take a couple of weeks off

Butler had wanted more than the weekly mandated visits with her kids but Adams (pictured with Butlers kids)- who was also known to have kept Rickman away from the children - had no desire to give in

Butler had wanted more than the weekly mandated visits with her kids but Adams (pictured with Butlers kids)- who was also known to have kept Rickman away from the children - had no desire to give in

Cora and Cole Twombly (pictured) allegedly ordered their daughter to clean the inside of their Chevrolet truck after the killings

Cora and Cole Twombly (pictured) allegedly ordered their daughter to clean the inside of their Chevrolet truck after the killings

The group had all been provided with burner phones so that they wouldn't be using personal devices. 

Adams had left the grandchildren at the home of another 'God's Misfits' couple that hosted meetings the night before the killings.

Cullum was working the night before on a pasture that he rented to let cattle graze and asked the owner if he could do some heavier work on the land.

The landowner told police he was going to use a skid steer and a bulldozer to remove a tree and bury concrete.

When the Twomblys' daughter woke up on Saturday morning, the day Kelley and Butler went missing, her mother and Cole were gone.

When they arrived home a couple of hours later, they ordered the girl to clean the inside of their Chevrolet truck. 

She asked them what had happened and they shockingly admitted to the killings.

They responded the mission had not gone as they planned but they no longer had to worry about Veronica Butler, the girl told police in an April 3 interview.

The two adults said they'd blocked the road to stop Butler and Kelley and lured them to where the other members were waiting for them.

Cora was asked if they had put the bodies in a well. She responded, 'Something like that.'

The daughter said she asked why Kelley had to die, and Cora said that her supporting Butler made her guilty by association.

Adams picked up her two grandchildren around the same time the Twomblys got back home on March 30, according to police.

Melissa and Joey Padilla, two relatives of Butler, went out and searched for her after she didn't arrive with the kids at the party.

Around noon, they found the abandoned vehicle along with pools of blood and contacted police, who began their investigation. That sparked a missing person's report and a request from the public's help for information.

Days later, police got search warrants for Adams phone, which unveiled the searches. On April 13, the four suspects were arrested despite authorities not yet finding the bodies.

The next day, police found the bodies as the lack of traffic cameras extended the investigation.

Police had tracked the burner phones to the property Cullum had worked on that night, about eight and a half miles from where Butler's car had been found.

Authorities said all three phones were discovered near Butler's car around the time she and Kelley disappeared.

Authorities discovered a hole that was dug, filled back in and covered with hay on the pasture. Inside the hole, they found two sets of remains confirmed to be Butler and Kelley.

Adams and Cullum had plotted to kill Butler previously in February, according to a witness

Adams and Cullum had plotted to kill Butler previously in February, according to a witness

Bulter and Kelley's bodies were recovered after 'pools of blood' were found next to their empty car

Bulter and Kelley's bodies were recovered after 'pools of blood' were found next to their empty car

Most tragically, it was revealed by an attorney for Butler that she was likely to be finally granted unsupervised visitation with her children.

The suspects were arraigned at an Oklahoma court where they were denied bail.

Butler's relatives had to be restrained from the accused during their appearance, with family members screaming that Adams was a 'f****ing b****' while the others were 'sorry pieces of sh*t'.

The victims' loved ones took up three rows of the packed courthouse and could be heard sobbing throughout.

After the hearing, Butler's aunt told reporters that her niece did not deserve to die.

'There's just too many emotions, so much anger,' she told NewsNation. 'I don't understand how somebody can hate somebody so much that you want to kill them.

'My niece did not deserve that and neither did the young lady with her. She was just there to help her.'

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