Fifth suspect arrested in ‘God’s Misfits’ killings of two ladies in Oklahoma | EUROtoday

A fifth member of the “God’s Misfits” group has been charged with kidnap and homicide following the killings of two ladies who had been “lured” to their deaths in rural Oklahoma.

Paul Grice, 31, can also be charged with conspiracy to commit homicide over the killings of Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39.

Investigators mentioned on Wednesday that Mr Grice had been arrested earlier within the day “based on the evidence and information gathered from the case”.

Grice is the newest arrest after two {couples} had been charged with homicide – Tifany Machel Adams, 54; Tad Bert Cullum, 43; Cole Earl Twombly, 50; and Cora Twombly, 44.

All are believed to be a part of an anti-government, non secular group calling themselves “God’s Misfits”.

Mr Grice was named in arrest paperwork regarding the opposite suspects, obtained by The Independent.

On 30 March, the ladies had been headed to select up Ms Butler’s kids and take her daughter to a celebration after they vanished.

According to courtroom paperwork, Ms Butler was concerned in a “problematic” custody battle over her kids with one of many suspects, Tifany Adams.

Ms Adams is the youngsters’s paternal grandmother they usually had been staying along with her, investigators mentioned, whereas her son Wrangler Rickman, 26, is in a rehab facility.

Ms Butler was allowed supervised visits on Saturdays. The day earlier than she disappeared, Ms Butler was advised by Ms Adams that her regular, paid supervisor was not obtainable, and she or he ought to carry her personal chosen individual.

Ms Kelley, a preacher’s spouse, was that chosen individual.

On 30 March, the pair had been driving in direction of the agreed pick-up level for the youngsters on Highway 95 after they had been allegedly diverted from the highway by two members of the “God’s Misfits” group, in keeping with police.

The Twomblys allegedly blocked the highway in order that the 2 victims can be directed to the place Ms Adams and Mr Cullum had been positioned at a desolate crossroads.

Their automotive was later discovered by Ms Butler’s relations with indicators of a “severe injury”. Police discovered blood on the bottom, together with Ms Butler’s glasses and a damaged hammer. In Ms Kelley’s purse, they discovered a pistol journal however no firearm.

When the opposite 4 suspects had been arrested, investigators alleged that the group had plotted for weeks to kill Ms Butler, stating that they “lured” the 2 ladies to the purpose the place they vanished.

Searches of Ms Adams’ telephone confirmed that she had seemed up “taser pain level, gun shops, prepaid cellular phones and how to get someone out of their house”.

The two ladies had been compelled into one other car and brought “to another location with the intent to cause Veronica Butler/Jilian Kelley to be confined/imprisoned against [their] will,” courtroom paperwork learn.

Three pre-paid telephones, bought by Ms Adams, pinged on the location the place the ladies’s automotive was later discovered.

Two of these telephones had been present in a pasture under a dam, round eight miles away, the place a gap had not too long ago been dug after which crammed again in. Those units had proven up near the Twomblys’ residence and one other dwelling, a police affidavit mentioned.

It is unclear what occurred following the obvious abductions or how the victims died. The Medical Examiner’s Office is but to launch its report.

During inquiries, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation questioned Mr Rickman’s grandmother, Debi Knox-Davis, who mentioned that her grandson advised her in February that “they didn’t have to worry about the custody battle much longer because Adams had it under control”.

While Mr Rickman denied having the dialog, he allegedly advised his grandmother that “we will take out Veronica at drop off”.

Investigators additionally interviewed Ms Twombley’s 16-year-old daughter, recognized as “CW”. She alleged that the suspects the group, “God’s Misfits”.

“CW” alleged that the group had earlier tried to kill Ms Butler in February. One plan had been to throw an anvil by way of the lady’s windshield as a way to make her dying seem like an accident.

On 29 March, Mr and Ms Twombly advised their daughter that they had been happening a “mission” the subsequent day, so seemingly wouldn’t be there when she awoke, in keeping with the affidavits. The couple returned dwelling at round midday and advised the lady to wash the inside of their Chevrolet pickup.

Ms Twombly advised her daughter that “things did not go as planned, but that they would not have to worry about her [Butler] again,” the courtroom paperwork mentioned.

CW alleged that she had requested why Ms Kelley needed to die and her mom advised her that she wasn’t harmless as a result of she had supported Ms Butler, the paperwork mentioned.

Those paperwork named Mr Grice alongside the opposite 4 defendants, however the OSBI mentioned that there have been no different suspects following the 4 different suspects’ arrests.

According to separate courtroom information from 2023, obtained by The Independent, Mr Grice made a number of weird statements, together with claiming his kids as his property and that he’s not a US citizen.

Ms Adams, Mr Cullum and Mr and Ms Twombly appeared in courtroom final week, sporting bullet-proof vests, to listen to the costs in opposition to them.