OK, Veronica Butler 27 & Jilian Kelley 39, Vehicle Abandoned, Texas County, 30 Mar 2024 ******MEDIA ONLY, NO DISCUSSION*********

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Suspects in mom deaths will pay ultimate price: Bounty hunter

Dog the Bounty Hunter is happy the suspects in the killings of two women live in a death penalty state.

www.newsnationnow.com

4/22/24

The suspects in the deaths of two Kansas women allegedly belonged to an anti-government religious group called “God’s Misfits.” America’s most famous bounty hunter says a more appropriate title would be “The Devil’s Herd.”

Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, tells NewsNation’s “On Balance” that, in his opinion, the deaths of Jilian Kelley and Veronica Butler were “absolutely premeditated murder.”

However, Chapman says one saving grace is that the alleged murders took place in Oklahoma, which has the highest per capita execution rate in the U.S.

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Oklahoma began attempting to clear its backlog of 43 death row prisoners three years ago. Since then, 12 have been put to death. The most recent was Michael Smith on April 4.

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Murdered Kansas moms: Motion filed to hold fifth person arrested without bail

New court documents have been released in the case of Jillian Kelley and Veronica Butler.

www.ksn.com

4/25/24

On Thursday, the Texas County District Attorney filed a motion to hold Paul Grice, the fifth person arrested in connection to Butler and Kelley’s death, without bail.

The motion provides three reasons: Proof of guilt is evident, violent offenses are believed to have happened, and he’s facing a maximum sentence of life or life without parole.

The DA claims Grice is a “continuing threat to society” for plotting to kidnap and murder Butler and Jillian so Veronica could not get custody or unsupervised visitation of her children.