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Cause of death of murdered Kansas mothers revealed months after they were found dead in a pasture

Cause of death of murdered Kansas mothers revealed months after they were found dead in a pasture

An autopsy report reveals disturbing new details about what caused the deaths of two Kansas residents mothers who disappeared earlier this year on a trip to Oklahoma to pick up her children.

On Wednesday, the Oklahoma medical examiner released reports on the deaths of 27-year-old Veronica Butler and 39-year-old Jillian Kelly.

report, obtained by KSNW, lists the probable cause of death as “multiple blunt force trauma” for both Butler and Kelly. The report also states that the deaths of both women are being ruled homicides.

The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office said it will release a full report on Nov. 15.

COURT DOCUMENTS DETAIL CAUSES OF DEATH OF MURDERED KANSAS MOMS

Butler and Kelly were last seen on March 30 picking up their children before their car was found abandoned near the Oklahoma-Kansas borderon suspicion of foul play, police said.

Back in April, the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two deceased from Texas County as Butler and Kelly.

The bodies of both women were found in a freezer in a pasture.

Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly are missing

Hugoton Assembly of God pastor Tim Singer tells Fox News that Jillian Kelly, left, and Veronica Butler, right, were on their way Saturday to pick up Butler’s children to bring them back for a birthday party in Hugoton, Kansas. (Texas County Sheriff’s Office/Oklahoma Highway Patrol/Shutterstock)

Court documents obtained by KSNW detail that one of the defendants, Paul Grice, allegedly stabbed Butler to death, and Ted Cullum allegedly killed Kelly. Grice severely cut his hand in the process of killing Butler, the documents describe.

The document alleges that Grice threw the clothes he was wearing when he killed Butler, a taser and the murder weapon into the grave, KSNW reported. It also stated that the DNA recovered from the clothing contained Grice’s and Butler’s DNA.

Callum also allegedly threw his clothes into the freezer along with the women’s bodies, which reportedly had Kelly and his DNA on them. Investigators discovered knife accessories were found at Callum’s home.

Tiffany Machel Adams, 54, one of the arrested womenis reportedly the grandmother of Butler’s children. Court records showed Adams was involved in a custody dispute over Butler’s children. The children’s father is in a rehabilitation facility.

FIFTH ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH MURDERED MISSING KANSAS MOMS

Photos of the suspects involved in the murder of two mothers in Kansas

The suspects are charged with the murders of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly. (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation – Authorized Page/Facebook)

Adams, her boyfriend Callum and married couple Cole and Cora Twombly are nominated on two counts. first degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Butler and visiting supervisor Kelly, the preacher’s 38-year-old wife who was also a mother.

The document also alleges that the Twomblys were supervisors on the day of the murder and confided in their 16-year-old daughter, hoping she would provide them with an alibi, KSNW reported. It claims Adams acquired lighter phones, tasers, yellow straps found around the freezer and even the trousers Callum wore and buried with the victims.

Interviews with Twombly’s daughter, along with an examination of Adams’ phone and data from three phone-recording phones, led investigators to find the women’s bodies on April 14. The 16-year-old said her parents told her they “won’t have to worry about (Butler) again” and that the two may have been placed in a well, according to previous court documents.

SUSPECTS IN KANSAS WOMEN’S KILLINGS MEMBERED ANTI-GOVERNMENT GROUP ‘GOD’S MISFITS,’ AFFIDAVITS SAY

Booking photo by Paul Grice-

Paul Grice was arrested and booked into the Texas County Jail on two counts of first degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit first degree murder in connection with the murders of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly . (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation)

Initially, the group’s plan was to “throw an anvil into Butler’s windshield while driving to make it look like an accident because anvils regularly fall from work vehicles,” Cora allegedly told the 16-year-old.

Previous court documents revealed that Adams sought “tacular pain level” and other phrases that hint at the horrific deaths of women during child custody battles.

The four belonged to a religiously affiliated anti-government group called God’s Robbers, Fox News Digital reported earlier.

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Their motive, investigators say, was to gain custody of Butler’s two children. Wrangler Rickman, Adams’ son, had custody of the children but was confirmed to be in an Oklahoma rehab facility when the women disappeared. According to court documents, Butler has been allowed supervised visitation with her children every Saturday and is likely to be allowed unsupervised visitation at an upcoming hearing.

The state argues that all defendants should be tried together, not separately, because they allege that all five conspired and participated in the murders of Butler and Kelly.

Fox News Digital’s Christina Coulter contributed to this report.