WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Two suspects in the slayings of two Kansas mothers entered pleas Wednesday in an Oklahoma courtroom.

Tad Cullum pleaded not guilty in Texas County in the deaths of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley.

Cole Twombly did not say anything when asked for his plea, so the court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

They are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of conspiracy to commit 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 Easter weekend of 2024. They were traveling from Hugoton to Oklahoma, where Kelley was supposed to supervise Butler's visit with her children.

Their bodies were found two weeks later in a chest freezer, which was buried

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