Fraught custody battle revealed after murders of two mothers ‘lured to their deaths’ by ‘God’s Misfits’ gang

A grandmother charged with kidnapping and murdering her son’s former partner had been embroiled in a years-long custody battle with the victim and her son, court documents have revealed.

Tifany Machel Adams, 54, was one of four suspects arrested over the kidnapping and murder of Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, who vanished in rural Texas County, Oklahoma, on 30 March. The friends had been “lured” to an intersection over ten miles from the nearest town, before being kidnapped and killed, according to court documents obtained by