Autopsy reveals shocking details about how Kansas moms were killed by 'religious gang'

Grisly autopsy reports person revealed however 2 Kansas mothers were killed portion connected a roadworthy travel to Oklahoma, allegedly astatine the hands of a brutal 'religious gang.' 

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were stabbed to decease connected March 30 portion driving to prime up Butler's children, aged six and eight, and their bodies were recovered 2 weeks aboriginal buried successful a freezer. 

According to caller autopsies from the authorities examiner Dr. Celia Cobb, Kelley suffered 9 stab wounds and 7 cuts to the backmost of her cervix and head. 

She besides suffered a fractured vertebrae and damaged spinal chord erstwhile she was killed, stun weapon marks to her neck, and cuts to her manus indicating she tried to support herself. 

Butler was tragically killed successful a precise akin manner, and some women were reportedly recovered successful 'pools of blood.' 

She suffered a full of 30 crisp unit injuries, including sliced fingers accordant with 'attempting to support herself', and she was besides recovered with stun weapon marks to the backmost of her neck. 

The autopsies said some women were believed to person been killed earlier they were placed successful the freezer, which was recovered nether a factual slab and buried 8 feet beneath the ground. 

Soon aft the bodies were found, constabulary arrested Butler's children's paternal grandmother, Tifany Adams, 54, and her fellow Tad Cullum, 43, alongside Cole Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, and charged them with the murders. 

According to tribunal documents, the 4 suspects are believed to beryllium members of a spiritual pack called 'God's Misfits', and Adams was involved successful a bitter custody quality implicit Butler's children. 

When Cobb released Kelley's autopsy first, she said that 'in my opinion, her decease was precise rapid.' 

Cobb listed the women's clip of decease arsenic 'unknown', but said she believes they were dormant earlier they were enactment successful the freezer, arsenic their bodies appeared to person remained successful the aforesaid spot erstwhile buried. 

Cops besides released caller accusation astir the freezer the women were placed in, saying it was sealed with yellowish ratchet straps and buried nether a factual slab. 

Underneath the freezer, investigators recovered a stun gun, clothing, a rotation of portion and a sheathed knife, reports KSN. 

After the freezer was released and sent for examination, the women's bodies were past besides recovered adjacent to dirt, hay, an Apple watch, a brace of shoes and 2 gloves, 1 leather and 1 cloth. 

The gruesome murders shocked the Midwest earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile the women's bodies were discovered, starring cops to motorboat an urgent probe to find their killers. 

According to tribunal filings, detectives zeroed successful connected the 'God's Misfits' pack aft fishy Cora Twombley's teenage girl overheard the radical discussing Butler's murder. 

Twombley past allegedly told her girl that they were progressive successful the women's deaths. 

The unnamed teen told authorities that the radical besides utilized burner phones to pass with each other. Agents recovered that Adams purchased 3 pre-paid phones from a Walmart successful February.

Authorities said that each 3 phones were discovered adjacent Butler's car astir the clip she and Kelley disappeared. A spread filled with hay was besides discovered adjacent the car.

An affidavit revealed that Butler was going done a nasty divorcement and custody conflict with her hubby Wrangler Cole Rickman, astatine the time. His parent is Tifany Adams, 1 of the suspects.  

The affidavit said that the group's archetypal program was to propulsion an anvil, oregon caput of a ample hammer, done Butler's car to termination her.

They intended to marque it look similar an accident, 'because anvils regularly autumn disconnected of enactment vehicles,' records said.

The teen besides informed agents that Cora and Cole told her that they would not beryllium location the greeting of March 29, a time earlier Butler and Kelley were past seen, due to the fact that they were going connected a 'mission.'

The mates past told the teen that adjacent though the 'mission' did not spell arsenic planned, they didn't person to interest astir Butler anymore, tribunal documents said.

The pack reportedly often met astatine the Twombley's household for their meetings, and the miss allegedly told agents that they had antecedently attempted to execution Butler.

She explained to officers that successful February, the radical hatched a program to instrumentality Butler's life, but she wouldn't permission her home. Agents aboriginal recovered that Adams had searched for ways to get idiosyncratic retired of a location connected the internet.

Butler's mother-in-law had besides searched for taser symptom levels, pre-paid phones and weapon shops, the affidavit said.

Agents recovered that successful summation to buying burner phones, Adams besides purchased 5 stun guns connected March 23, according to the affidavit. 

Butler's children were reportedly staying with their grandmother, Adams, arsenic Butler and her husband, Wrangler Cole Rickman, who was successful a rehabilitation halfway astatine the time, were going done a divorcement and custody battle.

On March 20, 10 days earlier they went missing, Butler filed a petition successful tribunal that would assistance her much clip with her children, with her extremity being afloat custody.

Butler had weekly, court-mandated visits each Saturday with the kids, portion Kelley, 1 of 4 radical listed, supervised the visits, arsenic the 2 women were doing connected the time they were killed.

It was Butler's six-year-old daughter's day and they were readying to celebrate.

The women's bodies were discovered erstwhile puddles of humor were found adjacent the conveyance successful the desolate Oklahoma panhandle, adjacent a schoolhouse Butler attended and graduated from successful 2015.

Kelley is the woman of Pastor Heath Kelley, who serves astatine 2 churches successful Kansas and Nebraska.

On April 3, Kelley's Willow Christian Church successful Nebraska posted to Facebook: 'We inquire that you proceed to commune for Jilian and Veronica and their families arsenic the hunt and probe continue.'

'Pray for strength, contented and religion for everyone involved. We admit everyone who has shared the supplication requests. We are getting messages from each implicit the state of radical praying for these 2 women and their families.'