WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — An Oklahoma prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against two men charged in the deaths of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley.

Texas County District Attorney George H. Leach III filed paperwork Thursday showing that he will seek the death penalty against Cole Twombly and Tad Cullum. The pair are two of five charged in the deaths of Butler and Kelley.

They were arrested in 2024, along with the grandmother of Butler's two children, Tifany Adams; Cora Twombly; and Paul Grice.

Last week, Adams pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of unlawful removal of a dead body and two counts of unlawful desecration of a human corpse.

Butler and Kelley disappeared on March 30, 2024. Kelley was accompanying Butler for a visitation with her two childr

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