A massive convoy of SWAT trucks and police cars drives through rural Oklahoma after receiving reports of two missing women.
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were traveling together to pick up Butler’s children, ages 6 and 8, on March 30.
They were thought to have been shot as pools of blood lay on the ground next to their empty car.
The line of 20 police vehicles was seen speeding along a dirt road in the Oklahoma panhandle and is believed to be linked to their disappearance.
Veronica Butler (pictured left), 27, and Jilian Kelley (pictured right), 39, were traveling together to pick up Kelley’s children on March 30.
Butler is going through a nasty divorce and custody battle with her husband, Wrangler Cole Rickman, and the kids were staying with her ex-husband’s mother.
Kelley, described more as an acquaintance than a friend of Butler, is the wife of a pastor who allegedly supervised Butler’s visits with her children.
On March 20, 10 days before they disappeared, Butler filed a motion in court granting her more time with her children, with her goal being full custody, according to News Nation.
Court filings claimed that Butler and the children’s grandmother did not get along amid the ugly fight.
Butler has weekly court-mandated visits every Saturday with the children, with Kelley being one of four people listed as supervisors of those visits.
Several pools of blood were found near the vehicle in the desolate Oklahoma panhandle, which was found 1,000 feet off Oklahoma State Highway 95, near a school Butler attended and graduated from his diploma in 2015.
ABC 7 reported that the visit was also to celebrate Butler’s 6-year-old daughter’s birthday.
They had driven 45 minutes from Hugoton to a gas station in Eva, located near the Four Corners section of Oklahoma, but disappeared, with the car found just three miles from where they were supposed to meet.
Several pools of blood were found near the vehicle in the desolate Oklahoma panhandle, which was found 1,000 feet off Oklahoma State Highway 95, near a school Butler attended and graduated from degree in 2015.
Kelley is the wife of Pastor Heath Kelley, who serves in two churches in Kansas and Nebraska.
On April 3, Kelley’s Willow Christian Church in Nebraska posted on Facebook: “We ask that you continue to pray for Jilian and Veronica and their families as the search and investigation continues.”
“Pray for strength, wisdom and faith for all involved. We appreciate everyone who has shared the prayer requests. We are receiving messages from all over the country from people praying for these two women and their families.
Butler and Kelley were traveling together to pick up Kelley’s children, ages 6 and 8, on March 30. New details have emerged about the two women. Butler is going through a nasty divorce and custody battle with her husband, Wrangler Cole Rickman, and the kids were staying with her ex-husband’s mother.
Kelley is the wife of Pastor Heath Kelley, who serves in two churches in Kansas and Nebraska.
Hugoton First Christian Church also offered prayers on Facebook, while friends and family started a Meal Train page for Kelley’s family.
Authorities continue to look for signs of foul play, but have not conducted a large-scale search and hope is fading.
“It’s been over a week,” Hunter McKee, public information officer for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, said Tuesday, according to Fox News.
“We hope we can find them alive, but it’s obviously becoming more and more difficult.”
Butler is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall with red hair and green eyes. She has several tattoos, including a Chinese symbol on her left forearm and a sunflower on her left shoulder.
She was dressed in a blue short-sleeved shirt, denim shorts and lightweight Hey Dudes shoes.
Kelley, also from Hugoton, Kansas, was last seen Saturday with Butler.
The blue-eyed woman is depicted in the Missing Person flyer with blonde hair, but her hair is now brown and she has a butterfly tattoo on her left forearm.
Court filings claimed that Butler and the children’s grandmother did not get along amid the ugly fight.
Butler has weekly court-mandated visits every Saturday with the children, with Kelley being one of four people listed as supervisors of those visits.
The Endangered Missing Persons flyer which lists details of the women’s disappearance
She is believed to be wearing a long-sleeved shirt, white-washed blue jeans and beige shoes.
The case remains under investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the FBI.
OSBI has previously said there is evidence of foul play, previously calling it a “suspicious disappearance.”
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