Probe Continues in Disappearance of Kansas Women Whose Vehicle Was Found in Oklahoma

April 5th, 5:30 PM EDT

By NEWSnet Digital Team

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(NEWSnet/AP) — Foul play is suspected in the disappearance of two Kansas women whose vehicle was found abandoned last weekend in Oklahoma, authorities said Friday.

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, of Hugoton, Kansas, were driving to Oklahoma to pick up Butler’s children to attend a party March 30 in Kansas, but did not arrive, said Tom Singer, pastor at the church Butler attended.

Hunter McKee, an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson, said investigators believe foul play led to women’s disappearance, based on what was found in their vehicle. McKee declined to specifics regarding the evidence, citing the continuing investigation.

McKee said the abandoned vehicle was found by Texas County deputies. The sheriff’s office has turned the investigation over to OSBI.

Investigators are searching the area in Texas County around where the vehicle was found, according to McKee, about 11 miles south of Elkhart, Kansas, on the Oklahoma-Kansas state line.

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