An Oklahoma man is suspected of fatally shooting his wife, her three children and two teenage girls at his property in Henryetta, Okla., before killing himself, police said Wednesday.
Authorities discovered the bodies after the Oklahoma Highway Patrol sent out an alert Monday that two missing teenagers, Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer, may have been traveling with Jesse McFadden, 39, who is listed on the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry after being convicted of rape in 2003, and that they may be in danger. Police arrived at the property that the McFaddens were renting Monday and found the bodies of Webster; Brewer; Mcfadden’s wife, Holly McFadden, 35; her three children, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, Tiffany Dore Guess, 13; and McFadden.
“Ivy, Brittany and Rylee’s bodies were found a quarter of a mile from the McFadden residence,” Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said at a news conference. “And the other three victims and McFadden were found about 500 yards away from the first three bodies. McFadden appears to have shot himself in the head.”
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Beyond the gunshot wounds, there was no sign of a fight, Prentice said, and all the victims were clothed. The bodies appeared to have been moved from where they were originally killed, he said without elaborating.
All the victims and Jesse McFadden were shot in the head with a 9mm handgun, Prentice said. He said the gun was purchased last year by Holly McFadden, who was married to Jesse McFadden and whose mother previously identified her as Holly Guess.
Share this articleShareWebster and Brewer “were supposed to come home on Sunday. And when they didn’t, they were reported missing,” he said.
Police had arrived at the sprawling property in search of Webster and Brewer on Monday morning, and when no one opened the door for them and when they saw a “freshly disturbed area of dirt in the yard around the residence,” they obtained a search warrant.
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They later learned that the dirt had nothing to do with the investigation. The police are still trying to build a timeline of events, Prentice said. They do not yet how much time passed between each killing. But the distance between the bodies also indicate that there may have been “some space of time” between the murders, Prentice said.
Prentice said that Webster and Brewer were friends with Tiffany Dore Guess, who lived at the residence, and they were at the property for a sleepover Saturday night.
A lot of details remain unknown, Prentice said, and authorities are still conducting follow-up interviews with people who may have more information.
“There are questions that will never get answered. Because the only people that know are no longer here,” Prentice said.
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