‘God’s Misfits’ Cult Tied to Freezer Slayings of Kansas Women
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It began as a custody dispute in rural Oklahoma, but it ended with two young mothers found dead in a freezer buried in a cow pasture. The shocking case, now tied to an anti-government religious group and a former local GOP chair, has rattled communities across the Midwest.
New details are emerging about the killing of two Kansas mothers whose bodies were discovered in a buried freezer in rural Oklahoma last year. Prosecutors say that Tiffany Machel Adams, a county GOP chair, and reported member of a fringe religious group called “God’s Misfits” orchestrated the murders of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley as part of a long and bitter custody dispute involving Butler’s children.
A Custody Battle Gone Wrong
In March 2024, Butler, 27, and Kelley, 39, set out from Kansas to pick up Butler’s two children from Adams in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Kelley, the wife of a Kansas pastor, had been appointed by a court to supervise Butler’s visitation. When their abandoned car was found along the roadside in Texas County investigators immediately suspected foul play. Within weeks their suspicions were confirmed. Butler and Kelley were dead, their bodies discovered inside a chest freezer buried in a pasture and covered with dirt, cement, and farm equipment.
Murder as a Mission
Authorities arrested Adams and her boyfriend, Tad Bert Cullum, along with Cole and Cora Twombly, charging them with two counts of murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy. Later, Paul Grice was also indicted. Prosecutors allege Adams was the architect of the scheme, recruiting the others and providing stun guns and burner phones to carry out the abduction. A teenager related to the Twomblys told investigators she overheard the group referring to a “mission” and was later instructed to clean their truck.
The Custody Battle
Court records and a recently filed wrongful death lawsuit paint a picture of escalating desperation. At the time of the crime, Adams was locked in a custody battle with Butler over her children. Butler initially won full custody in 2021, but Adams allegedly fabricated abuse claims against one of Butler’s relatives to have that custody stripped away. The children were placed with Butler’s ex and, effectively, under Adams’s control. By early 2024, however, Butler was on the verge of regaining custody after a judge discovered irregularities in Adams’s filings. She was scheduled to be granted unsupervised visitation on April 17, less than three weeks after she disappeared.
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