Authorities say there’s now sufficient proof to suspect foul play within the disappearance of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, two Kansas ladies who vanished over the weekend whereas touring to select up kids, in keeping with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI).
“Based on the information obtained from the victim’s vehicle, our investigators believe there was evidence to indicate foul play. We are still searching for these victims and there are no arrests at this time,” the OSBI stated in a press release.
On Tuesday, OSBI public data supervisor Hunter McKee instructed Fox News Digital that the ladies are believed to be “in danger” because it has now been days since they have been final seen or heard from.
“We believe they are in danger because we have not heard from them in, coming up on three days now,” McKee beforehand stated. “Where their vehicle was last seen was a very rural area of the state as well. We have not found them yet. We are doing everything we can.”
OKLAHOMA MISSING WOMEN INVESTIGATION: LACK OF ANSWERS IS ‘WEIGHING HEAVILY’ ON FIANCÉ, HUSBAND, PASTOR SAYS
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Hugoton Assembly of God Pastor Tim Singer tells Fox News that Jilian Kelley, left, and Veronica Butler, proper, have been heading Saturday to select up Butler’s kids to carry them again to a party in Hugoton, Kansas. (Texas County Sheriff’s Office/Oklahoma Highway Patrol/Shutterstock)
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, have been “traveling together to pick up children” on Saturday however they “never made it to the pick-up location,” in keeping with the Texas County Sheriff’s Office.
Instead, “their vehicle was found abandoned near Highway 95 and Road L, south of Elkhart, Kansas, in rural Texas County,” the OSBI stated.
The OBSI is describing the state of affairs as a “suspicious disappearance case.”
“Veronica has several tattoos, a Chinese symbol on her left forearm, a sunflower on her left shoulder,” says a lacking individuals advisory from the Texas County Sheriff’s Office. “Jilian has a butterfly tattoo on her left forearm.”
OKLAHOMA POLICE INVESTIGATING ‘SUSPICIOUS DISAPPEARANCE’ OF 2 WOMEN WHO VANISHED WHILE HEADING TO PICK UP KIDS
Veronica Butler, left, and Jilian Kelley have been final seen Saturday whereas driving to select up kids, police say. (Oklahoma Highway Patrol)
The alert describes Butler as being 5-feet 4-inches tall with crimson hair and inexperienced eyes, final seen carrying a blue short-sleeve shirt and denim shorts.
Kelley has brown hair and blue eyes and was final seen carrying a long-sleeve shirt, blue denims and tan or beige footwear, the alert provides.
Kelley can also be the spouse of present Hugoton First Christian Church Pastor Heath Kelley, who is ready to turn into the brand new minister on the Willow Christian Church in Indianola, Nebraska, in keeping with the McCook Gazette.
PASTOR’S WIFE AMONG 2 MISSING WOMEN WHO OKLAHOMA INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE ARE ‘IN DANGER’
The space close to the Oklahoma-Kansas border the place the automobile the 2 ladies have been touring in was discovered deserted on Saturday, in keeping with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. (Google Maps)
“We believe in the power of prayer, and we believe God will bring them home safely,” Willow Christian Church wrote in a Facebook publish Sunday forward of a deliberate “time of prayer for Jilian Kelley and Veronica Butler and their families.”
The company is now working with the Texas County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and different legislation enforcement businesses to trace down the 2 ladies.
“We ask that anyone with additional information to contact us,” OSBI stated.
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