Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, are seen in undated photos released on March 31, 2024, by the Texas County Sheriff’s Department.Two missing mothers in Oklahoma appear to be victims of "foul play," according to authorities, who are investigating why the women never appeared to pick up children as planned.of Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, after their vehicle was found abandoned over the weekend in a remote part of the state near the Kansas border.
"Based on the information obtained from the victim's vehicle, our investigators believe there was evidence to indicate foul play," the bureau said inThere have still been no arrests and the women remain missing, police added. The women were traveling together to pick up children when they went missing, the bureau said in a statement.Their vehicle was found on Saturday in Texas County in Oklahoma -- south of Elkhart, Kansas, near Highway 95 and Road L -- the bureau's statement said. The local sheriff's office located the vehicle, OSBI spokesperson Hunter McKee told ABC News."There's every reason to believe that they could be in danger," McKee said. "It was a very rural area.
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, are seen in undated photos released on March 31, 2024, by the Texas County Sheriff’s Department.Both women are involved in church communities in Hugoton, Kansas, according to Butler's pastor, Tim Singer.Singer described the two mothers as "acquaintances" and said that they were picking up Butler's children to attend a birthday party when they went missing.