{"id":2215697,"date":"2024-04-08T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-kansas-moms-disappeared-while-picking-up-kids-in-oklahoma-foul-play-is-suspected\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T14:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T18:52:51","slug":"two-kansas-moms-disappeared-while-picking-up-kids-in-oklahoma-foul-play-is-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-kansas-moms-disappeared-while-picking-up-kids-in-oklahoma-foul-play-is-suspected\/","title":{"rendered":"Two mothers from Kansas went missing after picking up their children in Oklahoma, raising suspicions of foul play"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-kansas-moms-disappeared-while-picking-up-kids-in-oklahoma-foul-play-is-suspected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two Kansas mothers, Jilian Kelley, 39, and Veronica \u200bButler,\u2062 27, disappeared while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-news-coming-out-of-pennsylvania-trump-tweets-very-big-illegal-ballot-drop\/\" title=\"\u201cBig News Coming Out Of Pennsylvania\u201d- Trump Tweets: \u201cVery Big Illegal Ballot Drop\u201d\">en route<\/a> to pick \u2064up Butler\u2019s children in Oklahoma. Their abandoned \u200dvehicle was\u200c found in \u2064Elkhart, Kansas, close\u2063 to their destination. Authorities \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-joins-search-for-gabby-petito-travel-bloggers-disappearance-may-be-linked-to-national-park-recent-double-murder\/\" title=\"FBI Joins Search For Gabby Petito, Travel Blogger\u2019s Disappearance May Be Linked To National Park, Recent Double Murder\">suspect foul play<\/a>, prompting \u2062an\u2064 ongoing investigation. Concerned communities, including church members, are\u200d praying for\u2062 their safe return as details unfold surrounding this mysterious disappearance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Two Kansas moms who were traveling together to pick up children in Oklahoma\u2019s panhandle have not been seen in more than a week, and police suspect foul play.<\/p>\n<p>Jilian Kelley, 39, was traveling with Veronica Butler, 27, to pick up Butler\u2019s young children in Eva, Oklahoma, but they never arrived. Their vehicle was found abandoned in Elkhart, Kansas, just a few miles from their destination, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OSBI.OK\/posts\/pfbid02RL17Ct1xfw5HmM9mHaEDLNch4Ah8JJZBt7xP1vvVE2zgpxHGzTDGKyk775K79axnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Facebook post<\/a> on March 31.<\/p>\n<p>What investigators discovered in the vehicle has led them to suspect foul play is involved, the OSBI said in an update. The bureau has not released what was found.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley is the wife of Pastor Heath Kelley of the Hugoton First Christian Church in Kansas, The Christian Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/pastors-wife-another-woman-missing-after-car-is-abandoned.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Xd46F-vWAs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> posted to YouTube last week shows church officials praying for the Kelley family. Willow Christian Church also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02wgnzgcVU4Bn8DZt19L8VrFYZHDKUQUZxHiHL2PTpMKbk2Xdxth2jYMaRcLVhiP69l&#038;id=100070087011279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> prayers for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-had-a-rare-medical-condition-but-hospital-staff-suspected-abuse-her-familys-lawsuit-just-went-to-court\/\" title=\"Family's lawsuit over suspected abuse of woman with rare medical condition goes to court.\">missing women<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, please be in prayer for these women. Jillian is the wife of our new minister, Heath Kelley, and the sister-in-law of church member Hillary Kennedy,\u201d the church said. \u201cPlease pray that Jillian and her friend Veronica are safe and that they are found quickly. God please bring these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-launch-task-force-to-bring-home-americans-held-hostage-overseas\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Launch Task Force To Bring Home Americans Held Hostage Overseas\">women home<\/a> to their families that are so worried about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butler was a member of the Hugoton Assembly of God, and her pastor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=395956500038685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> ABC News that the two women were acquaintances rather than friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt appears that this was not a willing incident on their own to have taken off. It looks to me that there\u2019s something more involved,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The two women were traveling to pick up Butler\u2019s 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. The children were living with their biological father\u2019s mother. Butler was reportedly involved in a custody dispute with the father of her children, Wrangler Cole Rickman, Inside Edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideedition.com\/evidence-in-car-veronica-butler-was-driving-when-she-and-jillian-kelley-vanished-points-to-foul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Rickman had been released from prison, where he was serving a sentence for possession of a firearm, just a week before the women went missing. But Lauren Conlin, an independent journalist, spoke to Rickman\u2019s grandmother who said Rickman had been released from prison and ordered to go to rehab on the same day. She said Rickman was in rehab when the women disappeared.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Rickman] was checked into rehab on the 22nd- 30 days no contact and cannot leave any outings from the facility for 30 days, and has to be there for six months. OSBI confirmed he was there,\u201d the grandmother said, Conlin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conlin_lauren\/status\/1775368832963502376\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: Regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MISSING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MISSING<\/a> Kansas women, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VeronicaButler?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VeronicaButler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JillianKelley?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JillianKelley<\/a>. I spoke with the grandmother of Wrangler Cole Rickman [Rickman is Veronica\u2019s ex and father of her children]. Grandmother confirmed the below:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Rickman] was checked into rehab on the 22nd- 30 days\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eHuJkcZN3q\">pic.twitter.com\/eHuJkcZN3q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Conlin (@conlin_lauren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conlin_lauren\/status\/1775368832963502376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The grandmother also told Conlin that Butler\u2019s children were safe.<\/p>\n<p>Butler and Kelley remain missing.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Kansas moms, Jilian Kelley, 39, and Veronica Butler, 27, have vanished on their way to pick up Butler\u2019s children in Eva, Oklahoma. Missing for over a week, suspicions of foul play arise as their abandoned vehicle is discovered. Police are actively investigating their disappearance in Oklahoma\u2019s panhandle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2215698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-08-at-12.32.19-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-08-at-12.32.19-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}