Prosecutors Detail How Kansas Women Were Allegedly Killed by Members of 'God's Misfits' Group
Mar. 15, 2025Veronica Butler (left), Jilian Kelley.Photo:Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
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Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
They were found dead on April 14, a day afterpolice arrestedTiffany Machel Adams, 54,her boyfriendTad Bert Cullum, 43, Cole Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, inconnection with the investigation, police said. Paul Grice, a fifth suspect, was arrested later that month, online court records show. All are charged with murder among several other offenses.
In the brief, which was submitted in court on Sep. 9, prosecutors allege Grice stabbed Butler and Cullum stabbed Kelley; in the process Grice allegedly “sliced” his own hand.
Cole Earl Twombly (left); Tiffany Machel Adams; and Paul Jeremiah Grice.Texas County Sheriff’s Office
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Texas County Sheriff’s Office
On the morning of the alleged killings, Cole and Cora Twombly acted as “lookouts,” prosecutors allege in the brief.
After the killings, the brief alleges, Cullum and Grice allegedly drove the bodies to the burial site, where they both discarded their clothing and Grice discarded his knife.
Investigators recovered Butler’s DNA from Grice’s buried clothing and Kelley’s DNA from Cullum’s clothes, prosecutors allege in the filing.
Cora Twombly (left); and Tad Bert Cullum.Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
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“Adams hated and despised Butler and wanted her dead,” prosecutors allege in this week’s filing.
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Prosecutors allege all five suspects, who weremembers of an anti-government religious group"God’s Misfits," had their individual roles in the killings. (The “God’s Misfits” group hasdenouncedthe crime).
All five suspects have been charged with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder, Oklahoma online court records show. Plea information was not available in the online records. PEOPLE wasn’t able to immediately reach the defendants' attorneys.
source: people.com
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