2 bodies recovered in rural Texas County, OSBI says
Officials said they could not confirm the bodies belonged to the two women who went missing in the area two weeks ago.
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Updated: 8:20 AM CDT Apr 15, 2024
HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES JONATHAN THANK YOU. DEVELOPING THIS MORNING OSBI EXPECTED TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION ON TWO WOMEN MISSING FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. VERONICA BUTLER AND JILLIAN KELLY WERE REPORTED MISSING TWO WEEKS AGO. AND JUST THIS WEEKEND, AUTHORITIES ARRESTING FOUR PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO THIS CASE. KOCO SHELBY MONTGOMERY IS LIVE FOR US THIS MORNING WITH A LOOK AT THOSE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. SHELBY. GOOD MORNING. YEAH, WE DO HOPE TO HEAR AN UPDATE FROM OSBI LATER THIS MORNING ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BOTH OF THOSE WOMEN. NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE OSBI SAYS THEY STILL HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE IN THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HERE. BUTLER AND KELLY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN WHEN OSBI SAYS THEY WENT MISSING TWO WEEKS AGO AND TEXAS COUNTY INVESTIGATORS DID FIND THEIR ABANDONED TRUCK A FEW DAYS LATER WITH EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY INSIDE. NOW, JUST SATURDAY, THESE FOUR WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND KIDNAPING IN CONNECTION TO THIS CASE, WE PUT OUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON MARCH 30TH. UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE, UM, IN THIS AREA, NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA, SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAVE HAVE REACHED OUT AND DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GIVE US AS MANY TIPS AS THEY CAN TO HELP US THROUGHOUT THIS INVESTIGATION. AND JUST SUNDAY, OSBI DID RECOVER TWO BODIES IN TEXAS COUNTY, BUT OFFICIALS WITH OSBI HAVE NOT CONFIRMED IF THEY DID BELONG TO THOSE TWO MISSING WOMEN. AGAIN, WE HOPE TO HEAR THE LATEST UPDATE FROM OSBI BY THIS MORNING AT 10:00. WE’LL BRING YOU THE LATEST
2 bodies recovered in rural Texas County, OSBI says
Officials said they could not confirm the bodies belonged to the two women who went missing in the area two weeks ago.
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Updated: 8:20 AM CDT Apr 15, 2024
Two bodies were recovered in rural Texas County on Sunday. | MORE | 4 arrested for first-degree murder in connection to 2 women missing from Oklahoma PanhandleThe Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said the bodies were found with the help of the Texas County Sheriff's Office and the FBI. They were transported to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office for identification, as well as the cause and manner of death. This comes one day after OSBI said they were still trying to locate two women, Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, who went missing from the Oklahoma Panhandle while driving to pick up Butler's children two weeks ago. Officials said they could not confirm the bodies belonged to the two women. Top Headlines4 arrested in connection to 2 women missing from Texas CountyTIMELINE: Monday could bring tornadoes, large hail to OklahomaCourt ruling prompts Oklahoma football teams to revise schedulesBarry Switzer opposes granting governor sole authority to appoint judgesOverdue library book returned after 105 years
TEXAS COUNTY, Okla. — Two bodies were recovered in rural Texas County on Sunday.
| MORE | 4 arrested for first-degree murder in connection to 2 women missing from Oklahoma Panhandle
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said the bodies were found with the help of the Texas County Sheriff's Office and the FBI. They were transported to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office for identification, as well as the cause and manner of death.
This comes one day after OSBI said they were still trying to locate two women, Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, who went missing from the Oklahoma Panhandle while driving to pick up Butler's children two weeks ago. Officials said they could not confirm the bodies belonged to the two women.
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