New details have been revealed in the killings of two southwest Kansas women whose bodies were found in the Oklahoma panhandle
Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley of Hugoton were killed while on their way to pick up Butler’s children on March 30th. Now, a search warrant reveals the women’s bodies were found inside a chest freezer during a two-day excavation of the burial site nearly nine miles from Butler’s abandoned car.
Search warrant records also reveal what is believed to be blood found on duct tape, a sheath, a black knife, a ballcap and cloth gloves. In addition, documents allege one of the suspects asked whether DNA could survive in churned dirt in a 15-foot-deep hole.
Five people, including Butler’s former mother-in-law, are charged with murder and kidnapping. They are due back in court in June in Guymon, Oklahoma.
