Cause of death revealed for two Kansas women killed by members of ‘God’s Misfits’

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were found dead on April 14 after being reported missing the previous month.

More details have emerged about the death of two Kansas women allegedly killed by members of the anti-government religious group “God’s Misfits”.

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were found dead on April 14 after being reported missing when their car was found abandoned by the side of a road in rural Oklahoma in March, PEOPLE previously reported.

The day before the bodies were found Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation (OBSI) announced the arrest of four people: Tad Bert Cullum, 43, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, Cole Earl Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44.

Paul Grice, a fifth suspect, was arrested later that month. All are charged with murder, among several other crimes.

According to a summary of deaths published by the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and published by KSNW, Fox News and KFDAthe victims’ probable cause of death was listed as “multiple blunt force trauma.”

The documents also listed the deaths of Butler and Kelley as homicides. Oklahoma’s OCME did not immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE. According to KSNW, the full medical report will be released on November 15.

According to a document filed by prosecutors in court on September 9 which was shared by KWCH and reviewed by PEOPLE, prosecutors alleged that Grice stabbed Butler and Cullum stabbed Kelley, alleging that Adams acquired hot phones used by the suspects to coordinate the murders.

Adams also allegedly bought stun guns, one of which was found at the burial site, and bought yellow “belts” that were used to wrap a freezer where the victims’ bodies were found, briefly in support of consolidation of a preliminary hearing for five suspects, he said.

The day before the murders, Cullum allegedly obtained permission to dig a hole with the owner of the property where the bodies were recovered, according to the brief. (The owner has not been linked to the authorities’ investigation).

Cullum and Grice are said to have driven the bodies to the burial site and discarded their clothing, according to the summary, which it is alleged Grice also discarded his knife. The items were recovered by investigators, and Butler’s DNA was found on Grice’s clothing, while Kelley’s DNA was found on Cullum’s clothing.

Cole and Cora Twombly acted as “observers,” according to the brief.

Information about the plea was not available in online Oklahoma court records, and PEOPLE could not immediately reach attorneys for the defendants when information about the case was reported last month.

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Two days after the victims’ bodies were found, the group “God’s Misfits” denounced the crime on Facebookwriting alongside a link to an article: “THIS IS NOT US! WE ARE ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS.”

According to an affidavit previously cited by The Des Moines Register, FOX 25 and WRHNthe murders allegedly stemmed from a custody dispute between Butler and her children’s paternal grandmother, Adams.

“Adams hated and despised Butler and wanted her dead,” prosecutors argued in a filing brief last month.