VILE! Full Deep Dive: The Heinous Murders of Two Innocent Kansas Mothers by "God's Misfits"
Summary
TLDRThe video script details the chilling case of two missing mothers, Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly, who vanished while traveling to pick up Veronica's children from a birthday party in rural Oklahoma. The case took a sinister turn when their abandoned car was found with signs of violence, leading to the involvement of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI). As the investigation unfolded, it revealed a complex backdrop of a bitter custody battle between Veronica and her ex, Wrangler Rickman, and the involvement of a group called 'God's Misfits,' with beliefs that put them at odds with the US Constitution. The narrative describes the arrest of four individuals, including Tiffany Adams, the grandmother of Veronica's children, and the subsequent arrest of a fifth person, all charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy to commit murder. The summary underscores the tragedy of the children left behind and the failure of the adults involved to prioritize their well-being.
Takeaways
- 📅 The case involves two missing moms, Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly, who disappeared on March 30th, 2024 in rural Oklahoma.
- 🚔 The women's car was found abandoned, leading to an immediate investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) due to concerning evidence at the scene.
- 👶 Veronica was involved in a contentious custody battle with her ex-partner, Wrangler Rickman, over their two children.
- 🔍 Despite Wrangler's initial suspicion due to the custody dispute, he had a strong alibi as he was in rehab at the time of the disappearance.
- 🚨 Suspicion later shifted to Tiffany Adams, the grandmother of Veronica's children, who was known to be possessive and had a history of threats towards Veronica.
- 🔗 The investigation uncovered an anti-government religious group called 'God's Misfits,' which some of the suspects were a part of, potentially influencing their actions.
- 📱 Digital evidence, including cell phone records and Google search history of the suspects, played a crucial role in the investigation.
- 💥 A witness account from a daughter of two of the suspects provided significant details about the group's intentions and attempts on Veronica's life.
- 🔮 The group's belief system, which revolved around being American State Nationals with a distrust of the government and constitution, may have contributed to their actions.
- 🚧 Tiffany and her associates were charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy to commit murder, with the potential for the death penalty if convicted.
- 🌱 The case highlights the tragic consequences of custody disputes and the impact on innocent children caught in the middle of such conflicts.
Q & A
What was the case discussed in the episode of '10 to life' with Annie and Elise?
-The case discussed was about the disappearance of two mothers, Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly, in rural Oklahoma on March 30th, 2024.
What was the significance of the abandoned blue Kia SUV found by Veronica's relatives?
-The abandoned blue Kia SUV was significant because it was the car Veronica and Jillian were in when they went missing, and its discovery led to the involvement of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
What were the speculations surrounding the disappearance of Veronica and Jillian?
-Speculations included involvement in a custody battle, potential threats from Veronica's ex-partner Wrangler or his family, and the possibility of foul play due to the rural and lawless nature of the area.
What was the custody dispute between Veronica and Wrangler like?
-The custody dispute was tumultuous, with accusations from both sides, including substance abuse, aggression, child endangerment, and false allegations. Wrangler was eventually granted full custody, with Veronica limited to supervised visits.
How did Veronica's life appear to change before her disappearance?
-Veronica had turned her life around before her disappearance. She was engaged, in a stable relationship, took over a local business, and was attending college to become a surgical technician.
What was the role of Jillian Kelly in Veronica's life?
-Jillian Kelly was a pastor's wife and a mentor to Veronica. She was a positive role model and helped Veronica work through her custody issues.
Who were the main suspects in the disappearance and subsequent murder of Veronica and Jillian?
-The main suspects were Tiffany Adams, the grandmother of Veronica's children, and her boyfriend Tad, along with their friends Cole, Kora, and later Paul GCE, who were all part of an anti-government group called 'God's Misfits'.
What evidence led to the arrest of the suspects?
-Digital and forensic evidence, including cell phone records, Google search history, purchases of stun guns and prepaid cell phones, and witness testimonies, led to the arrest of the suspects.
What was the motive behind the murders according to the investigation?
-The motive was believed to be a custody dispute over Veronica's children, with Tiffany wanting full control and being willing to eliminate Veronica to achieve that.
How did the beliefs of the 'God's Misfits' group influence their actions?
-The group's anti-government and religious beliefs, which included considering themselves above the law and not bound by the U.S. Constitution, may have influenced their decision to commit the murders and their perception of being entitled to the children.
What was the outcome for the suspects after their arrest?
-All five suspects were charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. They all pleaded not guilty and were held without bond.
Outlines
🎥 Introduction to the Missing Moms Case
The video begins with the host, Annie, welcoming viewers to a new episode of '10 to life,' where she discusses a case she initially covered on her podcast. The case involves two missing women from rural Oklahoma, Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly, which garnered nationwide attention. Their disappearance led to an immediate police investigation and involvement of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, as the circumstances were indicative of foul play. Despite rumors and speculation, the host aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the known facts, debunk misinformation, and delve into the complexities of the case.
👤 Backgrounds of Veronica and Jillian
The second paragraph provides detailed backgrounds of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly. Veronica, a 27-year-old with two children, had a tumultuous relationship with the father of her children, Wrangler Rickman. Jillian, a 39-year-old pastor's wife with blonde hair and blue eyes, was accompanying Veronica to pick up her children. The narrative describes Veronica's physical appearance, her relationship with Wrangler, and the custody agreement in place. It also outlines the journey the women were on when they disappeared, including the planned pickup of Veronica's children from an agreed-upon location.
🔍 The Search and Speculation
After the women went missing, a search ensued, but the police were notably inactive, leading to community speculation. The Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) became involved, hinting at foul play. The lack of information from authorities fueled rumors. The video discusses the community's reaction, the involvement of the media, and how the case captured public attention. It also touches upon the personal lives of Veronica and Wrangler, including their custody battle and the speculation that Wrangler might be involved, despite his alibi.
🏠 The Custody Battle and Veronica's Transformation
This section delves into the custody battle between Veronica and Wrangler. It outlines the accusations and counter-accusations made by both parties, the involvement of Child Protective Services (CPS), and the eventual granting of full custody to Wrangler. Despite this, Veronica had turned her life around by March 2024, with a stable relationship, a business, and educational pursuits. She was actively involved in her children's lives during her supervised visits and was engaged in a new custody fight for extended visitation rights.
🚨 The Arrests and Evidence
On April 13th, law enforcement arrested four individuals in connection with the disappearance: Tiffany, Tad, Cole, and Kora. The affidavit released detailed evidence including the discovery of a broken window, blood, Veronica's glasses, and a bloody hammer near the abandoned car. Digital evidence contradicted Tiffany's alibi, and the police found that Tiffany had purchased stun guns and prepaid cell phones. The narrative also includes the formation of an anti-government religious group called 'God's Misfits' and their potential involvement in the crime.
🧑👧👦 The Impact on the Families and Community
The video concludes with the impact of the disappearance on the families and the community. It discusses the devastation felt by Veronica and Jillian's families and the broader implications for the children involved. The host reflects on the tragedy and the failure of the adults involved to prioritize the children's well-being. The video ends with a call for selflessness and a reminder of the children's innocence amidst the turmoil. The host promises to keep the audience updated on the case as it develops.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Custody Battle
💡Missing Persons
💡Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI)
💡Rural Oklahoma
💡Podcast
💡Sleep Blend
💡Pastor's Wife
💡Criminal Conspiracy
💡American State Nationals
💡Burner Phones
💡God's Misfits
Highlights
Annie discusses a complex case involving two missing moms, Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly, in rural Oklahoma.
The case first gained attention when the women disappeared after planning to pick up Veronica's children for a birthday party.
Veronica's ex-partner, Wrangler Rickman, had full custody of their children due to a volatile past relationship and his substance abuse issues.
Wrangler was in rehab at the time of the disappearance, providing him with a strong alibi.
Tiffany Adams, the grandmother of Veronica's children and Wrangler's mother, becomes a person of interest due to her aggressive nature and custody disputes.
Digital evidence contradicts Tiffany's claims about the cancellation of the meeting with Veronica, casting doubt on her initial statements.
An informant from an anti-government religious group called 'God's Misfits' provides critical information about the group's intentions towards Veronica.
The group's ideology is explored, including their rejection of the U.S. Constitution and belief in living under God's law.
Tiffany and her associates are arrested, and an affidavit details their alleged involvement in the disappearance and potential murder of the two women.
The bodies of Veronica and Jillian are found in a buried grave on land associated with one of the suspects, Tad.
All suspects plead not guilty, and the possibility of the death penalty is raised.
The role of the 'God's Misfits' group in the crime is debated, with some suggesting their extremist beliefs may have influenced the murders.
The impact of the tragedy on the children involved and the broader community is discussed, emphasizing the importance of putting children's welfare first.
Annie calls for selflessness and prioritizes the well-being of children in custody disputes, highlighting the failure of adults in this case.
The case is ongoing, with potential future developments expected as investigations continue.
Transcripts
hey everybody welcome back to an all new
episode of 10 to life with me Annie
Elise boy oh boy man do we have a case
to talk about today it's one that I
first covered over on my podcast on one
of the Thursday episodes which if you
follow the podcast you know for the
Monday episodes I usually cross post
them a few days later on YouTube but we
do also do a Thursday episode every
single week that is exclusive to the
podcast and it's where we talk about all
the updates that are going on in the
week new cases um breaking news and
existing cases all of those things so
even if you're not a podcast listener I
would highly suggest checking that out
because um you won't get those over on
YouTube but anyway my point in saying
all that sorry I'm itchy was that we
covered this in one of the Thursday
episodes and there really wasn't a lot
of information known at the time but
then more information started getting
released it was kind of like a holy [ __ ]
is this really happening moment but then
you know when we did like our Mega deep
dive over here on the tend to life team
we uncovered so much more which kind of
blows my mind because I feel like a lot
of people aren't talking about all of
the different complexities and details
now you're probably like K Annie shut up
just tell us what the heck you're
talking about today what's the case it's
the case of the two missing moms so let
me break this down for you back on March
30th 2024 two women in rural rural
Oklahoma gosh I always have a hard time
saying that word rural rural rural can't
do it rural Oklahoma they were reported
missing their names were Veronica Butler
and Jillian Kelly now right away their
disappearance became a huge news story I
mean people all over the country were
following every single development in
this case within just a few hours of
them going missing the car that they
were in a blue Kia SUV was found
abandoned right on the side of the road
so family members who found the car they
contacted the police right away and when
the investigators arrived on the scene
what they found was so concerning that
they immediately contacted the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation now only a
few details were released to the public
at that time but the investigators
definitely thought that Jillian and
Veronica were in danger so weeks went by
and law enforcement barely shared any
information at all now naturally this of
course meant that people started
speculating on their own and the rumors
they began swirling Mega overtime but
eventually some answers came and these
answers were shocking to say the least
now as I said this case has created a
lot of speculation and also some
misinformation but today I wanted to
give you guys a full overview of The
Facts of everything that we know so far
everything that we don't and the Nitty
Gritty details that we uncovered while
we were researching so hopefully this
video can help clear up some of the
confusion but there really is a lot to
go over so guys guys let's get right
into
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later so on Saturday March 30th 2024
27-year-old Veronica Butler and
39-year-old Jillian Kelly were driving
from Hugoton Kansas to go and pick up
Veronica's kids Veronica had two
children a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old
and she had these children with
26-year-old Wrangler Rickman Veronica
also had very long wavy reddish blonde
hair green eyes and was a little bit of
a curvy build Jillian was blonde with
blue eyes and she kept her hair in this
face framing Bob with bangs now at the
time of Veronica's disappearance she and
her ex Wrangler had been separated for
quite some time they were never married
and at that point both of them were in
relationships with other people now at
the time Wrangler had full custody of
their two kids Wrangler lived outside of
Keys Oklahoma and Veronica lived in
hugan Kansas now even though they were
in different states the Two Towns were
less than an hour away from one another
right on the bordering Edge so if
Veronica ever wanted to drive to Keys
like she was on the day that she went
missing she had to drive along
Oklahoma's Panhandle now this was a very
rural going to try and say it again guys
this is a very rural area that bordered
four other states Kansas Texas Colorado
and New Mexico so we'll be talking about
different areas across state lines but
they are all very close and Pro X imity
to one another so anyways Veronica was
allowed one supervised visit per week it
was also always on Saturdays from 8:
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. there were a few
people who had all been approved by the
court to be involved in these
visitations who were allowed to
accompany Veronica during these visits
and Jullian Kelly was one of those
people however most of the time the
visits were supervised by a woman named
Cheryl Brun now the problem was that on
March 30th Cheryl wasn't available so
Jillian who also happened to be a
pastor's wife who Veronica had met
through the church went with her to go
pick up her children now that day
Veronica wasn't meeting with her ex
Wrangler instead she was supposed to see
his mom and the kid's grandmother
Tiffany Adams now the reason for this
was because Wrangler was actually in
rehab at the time and therefore he was
unable to take care of the kids himself
since he had full custody as I mentioned
he had his mom take care of the kids
while he went in for treatment so this
meant that she was supposed to make sure
that Veronica got them during her visit
remember she had visitation every single
week now Veronica had one particular
place where she would always meet up
with either Wrangler or Tiffany to you
know exchange the kids and this meeting
location was an abandoned Four Corners
gas station in Eva Oklahoma and Eva is
about a 45-minute drive from hugan and
about a 25 minute drive from keys so
Veronica and Jillian planned to head
there pick up the kids and then take
them to a family birthday party in
Kansas all before bringing them back to
Oklahoma later that evening so everybody
was expecting Veronica and Jillian to
show up to the party with the kids late
in the morning on Saturday but the thing
was they never showed up Veronica's
family tried contacting her but they
couldn't get a hold of her so they
immediately of course became worried by
this I mean Veronica wouldn't miss this
and she definitely would have told them
if something had changed within her
plans so two of Veronica's relatives got
in their car and they went off searching
for her they knew where she was planning
to meet Tiffany to pick up the kids and
they knew knew the General Route that
she took from Hugon to this abandoned
gas station and like I said it was a
very rural area so most of these towns
along it like Eva aren't actually really
even real towns I mean think more of
something like a couple of buildings in
the same general area so it wasn't like
Veronica and Jillian could get lost or
even stuck in traffic certainly not So
eventually as Veronica's relatives were
driving around and looking for her they
found Jillian's blue Kia SUV it was
abandoned on a dirt road that was just
off the road that they had been driving
on but Jillian and Veronica were nowhere
in sight there were also miles and miles
of wide open space all around but there
was no trace of the women so it was very
very concerning to say the least so
Veronica's relatives immediately called
the police now while all of this was
going on Jillian's husband and
Veronica's fiance were also starting to
get pretty nervous neither of them had
heard from their partners and they
actually went out looking for them too
and they both ended up calling the
police individually and Reporting the
women is missing by the time that they
found Jillian's car it was already
surrounded by detectives and different
investigators who had already responded
to that first call though so right away
the police put out an endangered missing
advisory for the women and around the
same time the police also called in the
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation also
known as the OSBI they wanted them to
help with finding these missing women
then word of Veronica and Julian's
disappearance spread through the area
like wildfire guys I mean something
about this disappearance seemed
especially Sinister especially because
the OSBI was brought in so quickly the
police weren't talking too much about
what exactly they saw in the car to make
them so worried or make them so
convinced that the women were in danger
but people were definitely spooked V
searched this evening for two mothers
who are missing one of them a pastor's
wife they vanished on the way to pick up
one of the mother's children the car
they were in has been found in Oklahoma
here's ABC's Victor
Kendo tonight the Urgent search along
the Kansas Oklahoma border for two
missing mothers who vanished the day
before Easter while driving to pick up
children they're gone um and nobody
knows where they exactly went
39-year-old Jillian Kelly the wife of a
pastor at First Christian Church in
Hugon Kansas was traveling with
27-year-old Veronica Butler according to
Butler's Church the two women were on
their way to get Butler's children for a
birthday party but they never made the
pickup it appears that uh this was not a
willing incident on their own to have
taken off it looks to be that there's
something more involved Butler's blue
Kia found abandoned on the side of the
road about 40 Mi away in rural Texas
County Oklahoma there's every reason to
uh believe that that they they could be
in danger at an Easter Service prayers
for their safe return we're going to
wrap our arms around the Kelly Family
we're going to love them Lord we lift up
Jill Ian we lift up Veronica we pray for
their
safety the pastor at Butler's Church
describes the women more like
acquaintances than friends tonight their
Community will gather for a vigil now if
someone goes missing like this you
usually expect that the next move will
be for the police to search the area
around the car right but a lot of locals
already had their doubts about whether
they would be able to find anything this
specific area was so Rural and so open
and empty so something really bad had
happened to the women their bodies could
have been hidden anywhere so the day
after they were announced as missing
several people from the area went to
help the police search I mean they
figured that they needed all the help
they could get but they found that the
police weren't actually searching at all
it was really weird especially given
what a big news story this disappearance
already was I mean you would fully
expect the authorities to have all these
teams on the ground in helicopters using
scent dogs I mean drones something so
the fact that the police weren't really
looking for Jillian and Veronica was
kind of a clue and led people to believe
that they knew more than they were
letting on in fact by April 3rd the OSBI
officially released a statement saying
that they had found evidence around the
vehicle that made them think Foul Play
was involved however they were pretty
vague and they didn't have a ton of
details to share with the public even
though they gave this announcement after
hearing this people became extremely
scared and worried the police had
basically just said that there was some
kind of attacker or killer on the loose
even though they said that the person
didn't pose a threat to the community it
was very reasonable to be wondering who
was going to be next so I'm sure that
you could see this coming but people
started developing their own theories
about what had happened and like I said
it was a very very rural area with a
very small town kind of feel everybody
knew everybody and everybody knew
everybody else's business so basically
lots of people were talking and lots of
people were already well aware that
Veronica and Wrangler had been going
through a pretty nasty custody battle
for several several years and a lot of
them thought that that was probably part
of the motive for whatever happened here
so let's talk about Veronica and
Wrangler and about their relationship
where things went sour and the custody
dispute so Veronica and Wrangler had
first started dating sometime around
2015 the year that Veronica graduated
high school from the start the
relationship was very volatile Wrangler
had a substance abuse issue I mean he
was a pretty nice guy when he was sober
but he could become extremely aggressive
when he was under the influence of drugs
or alcohol the relationship itself was
on again and off again but Veronica
found out that she was pregnant during
one of those on periods so she gave
birth to their first child a son in
December of
2015 they continued to date after their
son was born and they really tried to
make the relationship work then in April
of 2018 Veronica gave gave birth to
their daughter however all through this
whole time their relationship was really
bad and really toxic Wrangler had anger
issues as I mentioned and could get very
aggressive so finally they broke up for
good in December of 2018 a few months
later in February of 2019 Wrangler filed
for joint custody between himself and
Veronica but at the time he said that he