Oklahoma bodies found - latest: Seven dead in Henryetta were shot by convicted rapist, grandmother claims
Four of the seven people found dead at the home of a convicted rapist in Henryetta, Oklahoma, have now been identified by a relative.
Janette Mayo, 59, said the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office notified her on Monday about the deaths of her daughter Holly Guess, 35, and her grandchildren, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13.
The other three found dead are believed to be sex offender Jesse McFadden, 15-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer. While authorities have yet to release a cause of death for the seven victims, Ms Mayo said the victims were shot by McFadden at various locations across his Henryetta property.
In a Facebook post, Ms Mayo indicated that her daughter was married to McFadden. Ivy and Brittany were named in an Amber Alert on Monday morning after disappearing while in McFadden’s company. The two girls were supposed to be going swimming at a creek with McFadden’s teenage daughter.
Meanwhile, records showed McFadden had been scheduled to appear in court on the same day that seven bodies were found.
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Mapped: Where the seven bodies were found
Victim’s family call for tougher sentences for sex offenders
10:40 , Rachel Sharp
The family of one of the teenagers found dead at a convicted rapist’s home in Oklahoma has called for tougher sentences for sex offenders.
Ivy Webster’s parents said that they had no idea that Jesse McFadden had a prior rape conviction and was facing charges of child porn and child solicitation.
Ivy, 14, was among seven found dead on McFadden’s property on Monday.
Her adoptive father Justin Webster told News 2 Oklahoma that he’s angry that McFadden was free on bail at the time of the killings.
“I ask our Congresspeople to get stricter on these pedophiles to keep them locked up, to hold them in jail because no other family should go through what we are going through now,” he said.
Victim’s father reveals chilling details about killings
10:23 , Rachel Sharp
The grieving adoptive father of 14-year-old victim Ivy Webster has revealed chilling details about the horror scene where the bodies of his daughter and six others were discovered on Monday.
Justin Webster told Fox 9 that all seven had been shot with some of their bodies found in a row on the rural property – while others were in different places on the property.
“We know they were shot. We were told that some bodies were in a row and some other bodies were scattered on the property,” he said.
“I just wanna know... if she tried to run.”
He described the massacre as a murder-suicide.
Jesse McFadden was a convicted rapist, records show
10:00 , Andrea Blanco
McFadden is a convicted rapist who was scheduled to appear in court on new charges on the day that the bodies were found.
According to Oklahoma prison records, McFadden was sent to prison in 2003 for first-degree rape, and served nearly 16 years before being released in 2020.
On Monday, he was due to stand trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
The charges were filed back in 2017 when he was still in prison for his rape conviction.
While behind bars, he allegedly exchanges nude photos and videos with an underage girl from behind bars.
When he failed to appear in court on Monday, police began searching for him.
‘A parent’s worst nightmare and I am living it’
09:30 , Namita Singh
Brittany Brewer, 15, and Ivy Webster, 14, were named in an Amber Alert on Monday morning after disappearing while in the company of convicted rapist Jesse McFadden, 39.
Nathan Brewer told KOTV in Tulsa that one of the bodies discovered in the house in Oklahoma was his daughter, Brittany.
“Brittany was an outgoing person. She was actually selected to be Miss Henryetta ... coming up in July for this Miss National Miss pageant in Tulsa. And now she ain’t gonna make it because she’s dead. She’s gone,” he said.
At a Monday night vigil, Mr Brewer told hundreds of people: “It’s just a parent’s worst nightmare, and I’m living it.”
He said his daughter had aspired to be a teacher or a veterinarian.
“I am just lost,” he added.
What comes next in the investigation?
09:00 , Andrea Blanco
Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said on Monday that while he was still waiting for the identities of the bodies to be confirmed, “we believe we have found everything that we were seeking this morning”.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has declined to confirm the identities of the victims after the revelations from grandmother Janette Mayo.
Reached by The Independent on Tuesday morning after Ms Mayo spoke out, the bureau said it would not give confirmation until the medical examiner’s office does so.
There are also no press conferences scheduled for today.
‘This man was a monster and should have never been released’, says McFadden’s victim
08:30 , Namita Singh
Jesse McFadden was scheduled to appear in court Monday for the start of a jury trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
The survivor, Kaitlyn Babb, who was 15 at the time, was looking forward to the whole ordeal coming to an end but now blames the legal authorities for the deaths of McFadden and six others.
“I was glad that it was coming to an end,” she said of the trial. “I didn’t have to feel afraid anymore, I didn’t have to live my life feeling scared,” she was quoted as saying by Fox 23.
“One hundred percent this is a failure on our justice system. This is something they could have stopped. This never had to happen,” she said. “They were well aware that this man was a monster and should have never been released and they let it happen.”
How can we support the victims of the Oklahoma disappearance?
08:00 , Andrea Blanco
A GoFundMe page in memory of Brittany Brewer has been set up to assist with funeral expenses.
“This is undoubtedly one of the most difficult times they will ever experience and they need to be focused on their healing instead of worrying about how they are going to pay for Brittany’s funeral,” a message alongside the fundraiser reads.
Holly Guess’s sister Heather Pettigrew has also started a GoFundMe account to cover funeral expenses for Guess and her three children.
“This is a huge tragedy not just for my family but all of our friends and the community,” Ms Pettigrew wrote in the description of the fundraiser. “So much was lost so quickly and any help is greatly appreciated.”
‘They let a monster out’, angry father lashes out at law enforcement
07:30 , Namita Singh
Two missing teenage girls have been found dead in a house in Oklahoma, along with their suspected abductor and four other people, authorities said.
Brittany Brewer, 15, and Ivy Webster, 14, were named in an amber alert on Monday morning after disappearing while in the company of a convicted rapist named Jesse McFadden, 39.
According to local broadcaster KOTV-DT, the girls had gone to spend the weekend with Jesse McFadden, which Brittany’s father said had happened many times before without incident.
Ivy’s father, Justin Webster, said he filed a missing person report with the local sheriff’s office when she didn’t return home on Sunday night after spending the weekend with McFadden, Holy Guess and her children – Rylee Elizabeth Allen, Michael James Mayo and Tiffany Dore Guess. Mr Webster said he thought the children went with McFadden to spend some time on a ranch where he was working near McAlester.
He said law enforcement officials also told him that all of the victims suffered gunshot wounds, that some had been lined up and were located across the property.
Mr Webster described McFadden as controlling and unusual, but said he had no idea about his criminal background.
“I would say he was weird,” Mr Webster said. “He was always getting into his kids’ phones and reading all their snap messages and all that. It wasn’t in a way of a concerned parent. It was more of keeping tabs on the kids.”
McFadden had been scheduled to appear in court Monday for the start of a jury trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography. Court records showed he was communicating with a then-16-year-old girl using a contraband cellphone while incarcerated at a state prison near Muskogee. The teen’s grandfather reported their communications to prison officials, according to an affidavit from a Department of Corrections investigator.
Webster hopes the entire ordeal leads to harsher criminal penalties for sex offenders, especially those who target children.
“The sexual (offender) registry doesn’t work,” he said. “I think there needs to be action taken. There needs to be repercussions, and someone needs to be held accountable. They let a monster out. They did this.”
Five teens identified among seven bodies found on property of convicted Oklahoma rapist
07:00 , Andrea Blanco
Authorities in Henryetta, a town 90 miles east of Oklahoma City, made the gruesome discovery on Monday morning after 39-year-old Jesse McFadden failed to show up in court to stand a jury trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
On Monday evening, authorities said they believe McFadden, 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 15-year-old Brittany Brewer were among the deceased, ahead of official confirmation by a medical examiner.
On Tuesday, a relative of the other four victims revealed their identities. Janette Mayo, 59, told the Associated Press that the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office notified her about the deaths of her daughter, Holly Guess, 35, and her grandchildren, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13.
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Five teens identified among seven bodies found on property of convicted rapist
My daughter ‘married the man who killed’ them
06:30 , Namita Singh
Janette Mayo, 59, took to Facebook to mourn the death of her daughter and three grandchildren, after their bodies were recovered from a convicted sex offender’s property in rural Oklahoma.
While the officials have not released information about the identity of the victims, Ms Mayo said that among those dead are her daughter Holly Guess, 35, who was married to Jesse McFadden, a convicted sex offender. She identified three others as her grandchildren Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13.
“My daughter loved her children and yes she married the man who killed them but she was fooled by his charm,” Ms Mayo wrote. “I hurt just like the other families but he took my world from me. My grandchildren and my daughter. I have a hole in my heart ...”
Authorities have not confirmed a cause of death for the seven victims, but Ms Mayo said they were shot at various locations across McFadden’s property.
Seven people including missing girls Brittany Brewer and Ivy Webster found dead in Oklahoma house
06:00 , Andrea Blanco
Brittany Brewer, 15, and Ivy Webster, 14, were named in an Amber Alert on Monday morning after disappearing while in the company of a convicted rapist named Jesse McFadden, 39. The teens were reportedly at the home during a sleepover with McFadden’s stepdaughter.
The Independent’s Io Dodds reports:
Seven people including two missing teenage girls found dead in Oklahoma house
Who is the convicted rapist at centre of bodies discovery in Oklahoma?
05:30 , Namita Singh
Jesse McFadden is a convicted rapist who was scheduled to appear in court on new charges on the day that the bodies were found.
McFadden was convicted in 2003 for first-degree rape, and served nearly 16 years before being released in 2020, according to Oklahoma prison records.
On Monday, he was due to appear in court for the start of his jury trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
The charges were filed back in 2017 when he was still in prison for his rape conviction.
When he failed to appear in court on Monday morning, police began searching for him.
Report:
Who is Jesse McFadden, the convicted rapist at centre of Oklahoma body discovery?
Mother of teen among seven found dead in Oklahoma says ‘she knew something was wrong’ when daughter didn’t answer calls
05:00 , Andrea Blanco
The mother of a teen found dead along with other six people in Oklahoma has said she knew something was wrong when her daughter did not pick up her phone on Sunday.
The Independent has more:
Mother of teen among seven found dead in Oklahoma opens up about tragedy
‘Sex offender controlled my daughter's family’
04:30 , Namita Singh
As law enforcement officials went silent on Tuesday while piecing together what led to the killing of seven people in rural Oklahoma, a family member of those slain recalled the controlling nature of one of the dead, who was a registered sex offender.
Janette Mayo, whose daughter and three teenage grandchildren were among the dead, said the controlling behavior of her son-in-law, Jesse McFadden, was concerning, but that the family didn’t learn about his criminal history until a few months ago.
“He lied to my daughter, and he convinced her it was all just a huge mistake,” Mayo, of Westville, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
“He was very standoffish, generally very quiet, but he kept my daughter and the kids basically under lock and key. He had to know where they were at all times, which sent red flags up.”
Since the bodies were found early on Monday, authorities have released scant information on who was killed, how they died and who killed them.
A teenage sleepover, a convicted rapist and seven bodies
04:00 , Andrea Blanco
A teenage sleepover turned to tragedy when seven bodies were found at a rural Oklahama property on the day that a convicted rapist was scheduled to appear in court.
The Independent’s Josh Marcus and Rachel Sharp report:
What we know about discovery of seven bodies in Oklahoma
Jesse McFadden was set to appear in court on day of gruesome discovery
03:00 , Andrea Blanco
Convicted rapist Jesse McFadden, 39, had been scheduled to appear in court on child porn charges on the same day that seven bodies were found on his rural Oklahoma property. He was set to trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
The independent’s Rachel Sharp has the story:
Who is Jesse McFadden, the convicted rapist at centre of Oklahoma body discovery?
Grandmother shares heartbreak after two grandchildren identified among seven bodies found in Oklahoma
02:00 , Andrea Blanco
Judy White-Allen confirmed to The Independent that two of her grandchildren and her former daughter-in-law Holly Guess were among the seven bodies found in Henryetta.
Grandmother speaks out after two grandchildren among seven bodies found in Oklahoma
Oklahoma sex offender texted victim ‘this is all on you’ hours before seven bodies found at his property
01:00 , Andrea Blanco
“Now it’s all gone, I told you I wouldn’t go back,” the convicted rapist reportedly texted his alleged victim.
Read more:
Oklahoma sex offender texted victim hours before seven bodies found at his property
ICYMI: Father of Brittany Brewer speaks out
Wednesday 3 May 2023 00:00 , Andrea Blanco
Nathan Brewer, the father of Brittany Brewer, has spoken to local broadcaster KOTV-DT.
“Brittney was an outgoing person,” he told the network. “She actually was selected to be Miss Henryetta in [an upcoming] pageant in Tulsa, and now she ain’t gonna make it because she’ dead. She’s gone.”
He said that the girls had gone to stay at the rural house of Jesse McFadden, 39, as they had done several times before without incident.
School pays tribute to ‘several students’ killed
Tuesday 2 May 2023 23:19 , Andrea Blanco
Henryetta Public Schools released a statement saying that it is “grieving over the tragedy of the loss of several of our students”.
“Our hearts are hurting, and we have considered what would be best for our students in the coming days,” the school system said.
Classes will still take place but mental health services are available to students.
“We understand if you feel it is more appropriate to keep your student at home. Please continue to keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.
Vigil held Monday for the victims
Tuesday 2 May 2023 21:55 , Andrea Blanco
A vigil was held on Monday night for the victims of the tragedy.
Brittany’s daughter spoke to hundreds of people gathered, telling them how his daughter had dreams of being a teacher or a veterinarian.
“It’s just a parent’s worst nightmare, and I’m living it,” he said.
“I am just lost.”
How the tragedy in Henryetta, Oklahoma, unfolded
Tuesday 2 May 2023 20:55 , Andrea Blanco
On Monday morning, an Amber Alert was issued to find two missing teenagers – 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer.
Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office said that Ivy had gone out with a friend to the McAlester area and was supposed to return home by 5pm on Sunday.
She failed to return home.
The two teens were last seen at around 1.30am on Monday morning travelling with Jesse McFadden – a convicted rapist who was on the state’s sex offender registry – in a white Chevrolet pickup.
Ivy’s mother told KJRH that her daughter’s cellphone tracking had been turned off and said it was unlike her daughter not to respond to messages or calls.
Ivy and Brittany had gone to the McFadden’s house for a sleepover with his teenage daughter over the weekend and had been planning to go swimming on a ranch in McAlester but never showed. She said she was unaware of the man’s criminal history.
Brittany’s father, meanwhile, told KOTV that the girls had been to the man’s house many previous times without incident.
On Monday morning, McFadden, 39, also failed to show up for a court appearance.
Authorities went to McFadden’s property on the outskirts of Henryetta and found the bodies of seven people.
The bodies were found “not in the residence, but just on the property,” said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Gerald Davidson.
Victim’s mother says she and six others found on the property died in shooting
Tuesday 2 May 2023 20:16 , Andrea Blanco
While authorities have yet to release a cause of death for the seven victims, grandmother Janette Mayo said they were shot at various locations across Jesse McFadden’s property in Henryetta.
Public records show Holly Guess, who was identified by her mother Ms Mayo, lives at the same address listed on McFadden’s sex offender registration.
Investigators have previously said that assumed victims Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer were visiting the McFadden property with Holly’s daughter, Tiffany.
Teen victim was set to compete at state’s beauty pageant
Tuesday 2 May 2023 19:50 , Andrea Blanco
In an interview with told KOTV, Brittany’s father Nathan Brewer said she had visited McFadden’s home several times before, and that he was not aware he had been convicted of rape in the past.
“Brittany was an outgoing person. She was actually selected to be Miss Henryetta ... coming up in July for this Miss National Miss pageant in Tulsa. And now she ain’t gonna make it because she’s dead. She’s gone,” Mr Brewer said.
At a Monday night vigil, Mr Brewer told hundreds of people that the circumstances surrounding his daughter’s death “are just a parent’s worst nightmare, and I’m living it.” He said Brittany had aspired to be a teacher or a veterinarian.
Jesse McFadden reportedly texted soliciting victim night before seven bodies were found on his property
Tuesday 2 May 2023 19:24 , Andrea Blanco
An Oklahoma convicted rapist texted his alleged soliciting victim the night before seven bodies were found on his property.
The Oklahoma State of Bureau Investigations (OSBI) announced on Monday that seven bodies were found on the Henryetta property of 39-year-old Jesse McFadden. The gruesome discovery was made after two teens went missing in the area on Sunday.
McFadden, who was on the sex offender registry, failed to show up in court on Monday morning to stand trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography. The victim in that case has since revealed that McFadden reportedly texted her the night before authorities found the seven victims.
“I did exactly what I promised I would do when I got out,” the text, exclusively obtained by FOX 23, read. “I got a marketing job making great money and was being advanced been there 2 years now and made a great life like I promised I would do with you.”
“Now it’s all gone, I told you I wouldn’t go back ... This is all on you for continuing this,” another set of texts stated.
McFadden was convicted of rape in 2003, according to records from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, and was released in 2020. His pending trial stemmed from charges brought against him after he was accused of sexting a minor while in jail in 2017, according to FOX.
Grandmother shares heartbreak after two grandchildren identified among seven bodies found in Oklahoma
Tuesday 2 May 2023 18:50 , Andrea Blanco
Judy White-Allen confirmed to The Independent that two of her grandchildren and her former daughter-in-law Holly Guess were among the seven bodies found in Henryetta.
Grandmother speaks out after two grandchildren among seven bodies found in Oklahoma
Grieving mother says teen daughter had just turned 15 last week
Tuesday 2 May 2023 18:32 , Andrea Blanco
The mother of one of the teens found among seven dead in an Oklahoma property has recounted the last conversation she had with her daughter.
Brittany Brewer was friends with Jesse McFadden’s daughter-in-law, Brittanny’s grieving mother Malaina Schabell told NewsNation. The teen had just turned 15 a week before she was found dead along with six others on the convicted rapists’ Henryetta property.
“She told me she’d call me later and I never heard anything from her which wasn’t normal,” Ms Malaina Schabell said.
“I knew something was wrong ‘cause she wasn’t answering my—I mean, I tried to call. I got online on her Facebook and I tried calling her, video calling her, and I messaged her and she wouldn’t respond, and it showed she was online and—but she wouldn’t respond, so I knew something was wrong.”
She added: “I’ve been trying, you know, sitting here all day trying to think positive thoughts that ‘she’s gonna come home, she’s gonna come home, she’s gonna come home.’ But you know, I didn’t want to believe she’s gone and I still don’t.”
Who is the convicted rapist at centre of discovery of seven bodies in Oklahoma?
Tuesday 2 May 2023 18:09 , Andrea Blanco
Convicted rapist Jesse McFadden, 39, had been scheduled to appear in court on child porn charges on the same day that seven bodies were found on his rural Oklahoma property.
The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has more:
Who is Jesse McFadden, the convicted rapist at centre of Oklahoma body discovery?
Victims’ former mother-in-law says she was ‘a great mother with a big heart'
Tuesday 2 May 2023 17:41 , Andrea Blanco
The grieving grandmother of two teens who were among seven people found dead in an Oklahoma property has opened up about her heartbreak.
The Oklahoma State of Bureau Investigations (OSBI) announced on Monday that seven bodies were found in the Henryetta property of 39-year-old convicted rapists Jesse McFadden. The gruesome discovery was made after two teens went missing in the area on Sunday, and McFadden failed to show up in court on Monday morning to stand trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
OSBI spokesperson Gerald Davidson said during a press conference that although the victims had not been officially identified, two of them were believed to be the missing teens, 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer. On Tuesday, four of the victims were identified as McFadden’s wife Holly Guess, 35, and her children Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13, by Guess’ mother.
The grandmother of Guess’ two oldest children described her as a “great mother,” with a “big heart.”
“My kids are hurting. My son lost his daughter and son,” Judy White-Allen told The Independent. “My other kids lost their niece and nephew. My grandkids lost their cousins. Rylee and Michael have [FOUR] other siblings that will never know them.”
Oklahoma authorities still will not confirm victims’ identities
Tuesday 2 May 2023 17:05 , Megan Sheets
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has declined to confirm the identities of the victims after the revelations from grandmother Janette Mayo.
Reached by The Independent on Tuesday morning after Ms Mayo spoke out, the bureau said it would not give confirmation until the medical examiner’s office does so.
There are also no press conferences scheduled for today.
Jesse McFadden was texting alleged solicitation victim on night before bodies found
Tuesday 2 May 2023 16:47 , Megan Sheets
Jesse McFadden was due to appear in court over solicitation charges on the day the seven bodies were found at his property.
McFadden, who has a prior rape conviction, was due to stand trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography on Monday.
Hours earlier, McFadden was allegedly texting the victim in that case.
The victim described the alleged messages to FOX23.
McFadden allegedly wrote: “I did exactly what I promised I would do when I got out I got a marketing job making great money and was being advanced been there 2 years now and made a great life like I promised I would do with you.”
“Now it’s all gone.
“I told you I wouldn’t go back.
“This is all on you for continuing this.”
Victims reportedly shot to death
Tuesday 2 May 2023 16:26 , Megan Sheets
While authorities have yet to release a cause of death for the seven victims, grandmother Janette Mayo said they were shot at various locations across Jesse McFadden’s property in Henryetta.
Public records show Holly Guess, who was identified by her mother Ms Mayo, lives at the same address listed on McFadden’s sex offender registration.
Investigators have previously said that assumed victims Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer were visiting the McFadden property with Holly’s daughter, Tiffany.
Convicted rapist Jesse McFadden was married to one of the victims, grandmother claims
Tuesday 2 May 2023 16:17 , Megan Sheets
Janette Mayo, the woman who revealed her daughter and three grandchildren were among the seven people found dead at the Oklahoma property, indicated that her daughter was married to the convicted rapist at the centre of the twisted case in a Facebook post.
Police have said they believe Jesse McFadden and teens Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewster were among the people found dead at his property on Monday, although that has not been officially confirmed.
Ms Mayo mentioned the trio in a Facebook post confirming the other victim’s identities on Tuesday morning.
“All the posts on Facebook and the new talk about 7 bodies found and mention Ivy and Brittany but no mention of the other four found,” she wrote. “Those other 4 were my daughter Holly Guess, and her children, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, Michael James Mayo and , Tiffany Dore Guess. My heart does go out to Ivys and Brittany’s families, but they were not his only victims.
“My daughter loved her children and yes she married the man who killed them but she was fooled by his charm. I hurt just like the other families but he took my world from me. My grandchildren and my daughter. I have a hole in my heart that he created by his actions Jesse McFadden was a monster for his actions.
“I would love to talk to the media and tell my side of it. I loved Ivy she was a sweet girl, I really didn’t know Brittany but she must have been a sweet girl for my Tiffany to care for her. My prayers are there for both of the other families. I just ask that people remember my family as well, and that they had names too.”
Grandmother identifies her daughter and grandchildren among victims
Tuesday 2 May 2023 16:03 , Megan Sheets
Four of the people found dead at the home of a convicted rapist in Oklahoma have now been identified by a relative.
Janette Mayo, 59, said the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office notified her late Monday that her daughter Holly Guess, 35, and her grandchildren, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13, were among the victims.
The other three found dead are believed to be sex offender Jesse McFadden, 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer.
Read more from The Independent’s Andrea Blanco:
Five teens identified among seven bodies found on property of convicted rapist
A teenage sleepover, a convicted rapist and seven bodies: What we know about Oklahoma tragedy
Tuesday 2 May 2023 15:50 , Andrea Blanco
A teenage sleepover turned to tragedy when seven bodies were found at a rural Oklahama property on the day that a convicted rapist was scheduled to appear in court.
The Independent’s Josh Marcus and Rachel Sharp report:
What we know about discovery of seven bodies in Oklahoma
Who are the seven people found dead?
Tuesday 2 May 2023 15:30 , Andrea Blanco
While the bodies are yet to be officially identified, Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said the bodies were believed to include those McFadden and the two missing girls Ivy and Brittany.
“We believe that we have found the persons,” he said.
“We are no longer looking. We believe to have found everything that we were seeking this morning. Our hearts go out to the families and friends, schoolmates and everyone else.”
The missing endangered person advisory was canceled on Monday afternoon by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Brittany’s father Nathan Brewer told KOTV that his daughter was about to appear in an upcoming pageant.
“Brittany was an outgoing person,” he said.
“She actually was selected to be Miss Henryetta in [an upcoming] pageant in Tulsa, and now she ain’t gonna make it because she’ dead. She’s gone.”
At a vigil held on Monday night, he said his daughter had dreams of being a teacher or a veterinarian.
“It’s just a parent’s worst nightmare, and I’m living it,” he said. “I am just lost.”
The other four victims have not been identified by law enforcement and it is unclear how the seven individuals died.
Is this disappearance related to other crimes in the area?
Tuesday 2 May 2023 15:11 , Andrea Blanco
Police have not yet described any explicit link between the deaths and a 14 October incident in the area, in which the bodies of four men were found in the Deep Fork River.
School pays tribute to ‘several students’ killed
Tuesday 2 May 2023 14:51 , Andrea Blanco
Henryetta Public Schools released a statement saying that it is “grieving over the tragedy of the loss of several of our students”.
“Our hearts are hurting, and we have considered what would be best for our students in the coming days,” the school system said.
Classes will still take place but mental health services are available to students.
“We understand if you feel it is more appropriate to keep your student at home. Please continue to keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.
Who is Jesse McFadden?
Tuesday 2 May 2023 14:20 , Andrea Blanco
McFadden is a convicted rapist who was scheduled to appear in court on new charges on the day that the bodies were found.
According to Oklahoma prison records, McFadden was sent to prison in 2003 for first-degree rape, and served nearly 16 years before being released in 2020.
On Monday, he was due to stand trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.
The charges were filed back in 2017 when he was still in prison for his rape conviction.
While behind bars, he allegedly exchanges nude photos and videos with an underage girl from behind bars.
When he failed to appear in court on Monday, police began searching for him.
Four other victims yet to be identified
Tuesday 2 May 2023 14:00 , Rachel Sharp
While the bodies are yet to be officially identified, Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said the bodies were believed to include those of Jesse McFadden and the two missing girls Ivy and Brittany.
“We believe that we have found the persons,” he said.
“We are no longer looking. We believe to have found everything that we were seeking this morning. Our hearts go out to the families and friends, schoolmates and everyone else.”
The missing endangered person advisory was canceled on Monday afternoon by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The other four victims have not been identified by law enforcement and it is unclear how the seven individuals died.
Vigil held Monday for the victims
Tuesday 2 May 2023 13:40 , Rachel Sharp
A vigil was held on Monday night for the victims of the tragedy.
Brittany’s daughter spoke to hundreds of people gathered, telling them how his daughter had dreams of being a teacher or a veterinarian.
“It’s just a parent’s worst nightmare, and I’m living it,” he said.
“I am just lost.”
