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Autopsy reveals shocking details of how Kansas moms were killed by ‘religious gang’
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Autopsy reveals shocking details of how Kansas moms were killed by ‘religious gang’

Gruesome autopsy reports have revealed how two Kansas mothers were killed during a road trip to Oklahoma, allegedly at the hands of a brutal “religious gang.”

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were stabbed to death on March 30 while driving to pick up Butler’s children, ages six and eight, and their bodies were found two weeks later later, buried in a freezer.

According to new autopsies performed by State Examiner Dr. Celia Cobb, Kelley suffered nine stab wounds and seven cuts to the back of his neck and head.

She also suffered a fractured vertebrae and damaged spinal cord when she was killed, with stun gun marks on her neck and cuts on her hand indicating she had tried to defend herself.

Butler was tragically killed in a very similar manner, and both women were reportedly found in “pools of blood.”

She suffered a total of 30 sharp-object injuries, including cuts to her fingers, consistent with an “attempt to defend herself”, and was also found with stun gun marks on the back of her neck.

Autopsies revealed that the two women were believed to have been killed before being placed in the freezer, which was found under a concrete slab and buried eight feet underground.

Shortly after the bodies were discovered, police arrested the Butler children’s paternal grandmother, Tifany Adams, 54, and her boyfriend Tad Cullum, 43, alongside Cole Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, and accused them of the murders.

Autopsy reveals shocking details of how Kansas moms were killed by ‘religious gang’

New autopsy reports revealed that Veronica Butler, 27 (pictured) and Jilian Kelley, 39, were both brutally stabbed to death in March and were also hit in the neck with stun guns and had their hands severed in trying to defend himself.

Jilian Kelley, 39, one of the supervisors who monitored visits by Butler and her children, was found dead next to Butler in April in the chest freezer.

Jilian Kelley, 39, one of the supervisors who monitored visits by Butler and her children, was found dead next to Butler in April in the chest freezer.

According to court documents, all four suspects are believed to be members of a religious gang called “God’s Misfits,” and Adams was involved in a bitter custody dispute over Butler’s children.

When Cobb first published Kelley’s autopsy, she stated that “in my opinion his death was very quick.”

Cobb said the women’s time of death was “unknown” but said she believed they died before being put in the freezer because their bodies appeared to have remained in the same location once buried.

Cops also released new information about the freezer the women were placed in, saying it was sealed with yellow ratchet straps and buried under a concrete slab.

Underneath the freezer, investigators found a stun gun, clothing, a roll of duct tape and a sheathed knife. KSN.

Once the freezer was liberated and sent for examination, the women’s bodies were also found alongside dirt, hay, an Apple watch, a pair of shoes and two gloves, one leather and one fabric.

Tifany Adams (bottom left), the grandmother of Butler's children, her boyfriend, Tad Cullum (top right), Cole Twombly (bottom right), and Cora Twombly (top right) were involved in an anti-government religious group known as

Tifany Adams (bottom left), the grandmother of Butler’s children, her boyfriend, Tad Cullum (top right), Cole Twombly (bottom right), and Cora Twombly (top right) were involved in an anti-government religious group known as “God’s Misfits.” They were all arrested for the possible kidnapping and murder of the two women.

The women's bodies were found buried eight feet underground in a freezer covered by a concrete slab in this desolate part of Oklahoma.

The women’s bodies were found buried eight feet underground in a freezer covered by a concrete slab in this desolate part of Oklahoma.

The gruesome murders shocked the Midwest earlier this year when the women’s bodies were discovered, leading police to launch an urgent investigation to find their killers.

According to court documents, detectives focused on the “God’s Misfits” gang after the suspect’s teenage daughter Cora Twombley overheard the group discussing Butler’s murder.

Twombley then allegedly told his daughter that they were involved in the women’s deaths.

The anonymous teen told authorities the group also used cell phones to communicate with each other. Officers discovered that Adams had purchased three prepaid phones from Walmart in February.

Authorities said the three phones were discovered near Butler’s car around the time she and Kelley disappeared. A hole filled with hay was also discovered near the car.

An affidavit revealed that Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle with her Wrangler husband Cole Rickman at the time. Her mother is Tifany Adams, one of the suspects.

The affidavit said the group’s initial plan was to throw an anvil, or the head of a large hammer, through Butler’s car to kill her.

They intended to make it look like an accident, “because anvils regularly fall from work vehicles,” records show.

The teen also informed officers that Cora and Cole told her they wouldn’t be home the morning of March 29, a day before Butler and Kelley were last seen, because they were going on a “mission.” .

An affidavit revealed that Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle with her Wrangler husband Cole Rickman (pictured). Her mother is one of the suspects, Tifany Adams

An affidavit revealed that Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle with her Wrangler husband Cole Rickman (pictured). Her mother is one of the suspects, Tifany Adams

The couple then told the teen that even though the “mission” had not gone as planned, they no longer had to worry about Butler, according to court documents.

The gang reportedly often gathered at the Twombley home for their meetings, and the girl allegedly told officers that they had previously attempted to murder Butler.

She told police that in February the group came up with a plan to kill Butler, but she didn’t want to leave her home. Officers later discovered that Adams had searched for ways to get someone out of a house on the Internet.

Butler’s mother-in-law had also searched Taser pain levels, prepaid phones and gun stores, the affidavit states.

Officers discovered that in addition to purchasing burner phones, Adams had also purchased five stun guns on March 23, according to the affidavit.

Butler’s children reportedly stayed with their grandmother, Adams, while Butler and her husband, Wrangler Cole Rickman, who was in a rehabilitation center at the time, were fighting for divorce and custody.

On March 20, ten days before their disappearance, Butler filed a motion in court granting her more time with her children, with her goal being full custody.

Butler had weekly court-mandated visits with the children every Saturday, while Kelley, one of four people listed, supervised the visits, as both women did on the day they were murdered.

It was Butler’s six-year-old daughter’s birthday and they were planning to celebrate.

Kelley is the wife of Pastor Heath Kelley (photo), who serves in two churches in Kansas and Nebraska.

Kelley is the wife of Pastor Heath Kelley (photo), who serves in two churches in Kansas and Nebraska.

The women’s bodies were discovered when pools of blood were discovered near the vehicle in the desolate Oklahoma panhandle, near a school Butler attended and graduated from in 2015.

Kelley is the wife of Pastor Heath Kelley, who serves in two churches in Kansas and Nebraska.

On April 3, Kelley’s Willow Christian Church in Nebraska posted on Facebook: “We ask that you continue to pray for Jilian and Veronica and their families as the search and investigation continues.”

“Pray for strength, wisdom and faith for all involved. We appreciate everyone who has shared the prayer requests. We are receiving messages from all over the country from people praying for these two women and their families.