Kansas Moms’ Accused Murderers Were in Anti-Government Group, Cops Say

Probable cause affidavits for the suspects accused of murdering a pair of Kansas moms last month have revealed the bizarre circumstances surrounding the tragedy, including claims the quartet were part of an anti-government group who’d previously plotted to kill.

The slain women were Butler, a 27-year-old engulfed in a nasty custody dispute with her ex and his mom, and Jillian Kelley, a 38-year-old preacher’s wife who’d volunteered to supervise a visit between Butler and her kids on March 30.

Butler and Kelley never made it to that visit, however. They vanished after crossing the Kansas state line into the rural Oklahoma panhandle and were never seen alive again. Their vehicle, belonging to Butler, was found on a dirt path hundreds of feet off a highway.

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