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ALL RIGHT, DAMIAN, THANKS VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. AND IN YOUR NEXT TOP FIVE AND BREAKING TODAY, A FIFTH SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF TWO KANSAS MOTHERS. WE WANT TO GET TO KOCO JASON BERGER IN OUR NEWSROOM. JASON, YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY. SO BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TODAY. YEAH, GUYS, WE JUST GOT THESE NEW DETAILS FROM OSBI. A MAN BY THE NAME OF PAUL GRICE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE FACES CHARGES FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HERE’S THE LATEST. GRICE IS NOW THE FIFTH SUSPECT ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATHS OF VERONICA BUTLER AND JILLIAN KELLY. OSBI SAYS 31 YEAR OLD GRICE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE TEXAS COUNTY JAIL ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, TWO COUNTS OF KIDNAPING AND ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. BOTH BUTLER AND KELLY WENT MISSING ON MARCH 30TH AND WERE FOUND DEAD IN RURAL TEXAS COUNTY ON APRIL 14TH. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY. GRICE, ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER SUSPECTS ALREADY IN CUSTODY, WERE PART OF A GROUP CALLED GOD’S MISFITS, AND THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY PART OF THE EFFORT TO KILL VERONICA BUTLER AND JILLIAN KELLY. NOW WE’RE WORKING TO GET MORE DETAILS ON HIS ARREST AS THIS INVESTIGATION UNFOLDS IN TEXAS

Fifth person arrested in connection to death of 2 Kansas moms

Paul Grice was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree

A fifth person was charged with multiple felonies in connection to the murder of two Kansas mothers in the Oklahoma Panhandle. | MORE | Texas County judge denies bond for suspected killers of 2 Kansas moms. What we knowPaul Grice was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. His charges came after four other people, 43-year-old Tad Cullum, 54-year-old Tifany Adams, 50-year-old Cole Twombly, and 44-year-old Cora Twombly, were charged in the case. According to an affidavit, a relative of the Twomblys told investigators that Grice was part of an anti-government group with a religious affiliation called “God’s Misfits,” along with the other four suspects. The relative also said they were told that Grice played a role in the deaths of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley, two mothers who disappeared from Texas County in late March. Butler and Kelley were on their way to pick up Butler’s children from the Oklahoma Panhandle. Their bodies were later discovered in rural Texas County, and they were taken to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office to determine their manner of death. The affidavit claims the two mothers were headed to meet Adams, who is the children’s paternal grandmother, to take the children to a birthday party. Cole and Cora allegedly blocked the road and diverted the two mothers to where Adams, Cullum and Grice were, according to court documents. Investigators said the relative also told them this wasn’t the first time the group attempted to kill Butler. In February, all five individuals allegedly went to Hugoton, Kansas, where Butler lived, but they couldn’t get her out of her residence. Grice was booked into the Texas County jail on Wednesday. On April 16, the four other suspects were all denied bond in a Texas County courthouse.

A fifth person was charged with multiple felonies in connection to the murder of two Kansas mothers in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

| MORE | Texas County judge denies bond for suspected killers of 2 Kansas moms. What we know

Paul Grice was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree. His charges came after four other people, 43-year-old Tad Cullum, 54-year-old Tifany Adams, 50-year-old Cole Twombly, and 44-year-old Cora Twombly, were charged in the case.

According to an affidavit, a relative of the Twomblys told investigators that Grice was part of an anti-government group with a religious affiliation called “God’s Misfits,” along with the other four suspects. The relative also said they were told that Grice played a role in the deaths of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley, two mothers who disappeared from Texas County in late March.

Butler and Kelley were on their way to pick up Butler’s children from the Oklahoma Panhandle. Their bodies were later discovered in rural Texas County, and they were taken to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office to determine their manner of death.

The affidavit claims the two mothers were headed to meet Adams, who is the children’s paternal grandmother, to take the children to a birthday party. Cole and Cora allegedly blocked the road and diverted the two mothers to where Adams, Cullum and Grice were, according to court documents.

Investigators said the relative also told them this wasn’t the first time the group attempted to kill Butler. In February, all five individuals allegedly went to Hugoton, Kansas, where Butler lived, but they couldn’t get her out of her residence.

Grice was booked into the Texas County jail on Wednesday.

On April 16, the four other suspects were all denied bond in a Texas County courthouse.