Oklahoma bodies found – live: Missing teen girls found dead alongside convicted rapist and four others at home
Two missing teenage girls have been found dead in a house in Oklahoma, along with their suspected abductor and four other people, authorities say.
Brittany Brewer, 16, and Ivy Webster, 14, were named in an Amber Alert on Monday morning after disappearing while in the company of a man named Jesse McFadden, who is reportedly a convicted sex offender.
But on Monday afternoon Okmulgee county sheriff Eddy Rice said the two girls and Mr McFadden are believed to be among seven dead bodies discovered in a rural home east of the city of Henryetta, about 50 miles south of Tulsa.
Follow live updates on the case below.
ICYMI: Jesse McFadden: A convicted rapist accused of sexting with a minor
08:00 , Maroosha Muzaffar
Oklahoma penal records show that Jesse McFadden was a convicted rapist who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, of which he served nearly 17 years.
The 39-year-old was found guilty of first-degree rape in November 2003, admitted to prison in January 2004, and released in October 2020.
According toThe Muskogee Phoenix, he was also charged in 2017 with using a contraband cell phone to solicit sexual conduct from a 16-year-old girl in Muskogee the previous year.
His trial date had reportedly been set for today, Monday 1 April, though it’s not clear why it took so long for his case to make its way to court.
ICYMI: Father of Brittany Brewer speaks out
07:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar
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.
How can we support the victims of the Oklahoma disappearance?
07:00 , Maroosha Muzaffar
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.
Who is Jesse McFadden?
06:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar
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.
Police had been looking for the man on Monday when he failed to appear in court on charges of sexual contact with a minor dating back to a 2016 incident when he was still in prison.
Meanwhile, Okmulgee County sheriff Eddy Rice said 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”.
What are the identities of the people found dead in Oklahoma?
06:00 , Maroosha Muzaffar
Officials believe they have located Brittany Brewer, 16, and, Ivy Webster, 14, as well as convicted rapist Jesse McFadden, 39.
The teens were named in an amber alert on Monday morning.
The bodies have not yet been officially identified by a medical examiner, The Oklahoman reports.
Four other unidentified bodies were found at the scene of the crime.
Webster’s mother told local broadcaster KJRH that the girls were at McFadden’s house for a sleepover over the weekend with his daughter and that she was unaware of the man’s criminal history.
Brewer’s father, meanwhile, told KOTV that the girls had been to the man’s house many previous times without incident.
“Brittany was an outgoing person,” Ms Brewer’s father Nathan Brewer told KOTV. “She actually was selected to be Miss Henryetta in [an upcoming] pageant in Tulsa, and now she ain’t gonna make it because she’s dead. She’s gone.”
“I’ve known this family for a while and Brittany was a beautiful, smart and full-of-life 16-year-old young lady,” Facebook user Cassandra Apperson wrote. “She went out this weekend with her friends and was supposed to return home last night, and her father reported her missing and just a little while ago they found her and a few others deceased and the man responsible was also found deceased. If you could please share this or donate if you’re able.”
Everything we know about seven people, including two missing teens, found dead in an Oklahoma home
05:30 , Maroosha Muzaffar
Oklahoma police believe they discovered the location of two missing girls on Monday among a group of seven bodies inside a rural home near the city of Henryetta.
Here’s everything we know so far about what happened:
What we know about the missing girls found dead with five others in an Oklahoma home
'We’ve had our share of troubles and woes, but this one is pretty bad’
04:50 , Maroosha Muzaffar
Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice told reporters yesterday that “we’ve had our share of troubles and woes, but this one is pretty bad”.
“Our hearts go out to family, friends school mates and everyone else,” Mr Rice said.
“We are doing everything that we can just in case something is left open. We don’t want to miss anything,” he added.
He also stated that “we believe there’s no other threat to the community”.
Two missing teenage girls were found dead in a house in Oklahoma, along with their suspected abductor and four other people, authorities say.
Brittany Brewer, 16, and Ivy Webster, 14, were named in an Amber Alert on Monday morning after disappearing while in the company of a man named Jesse McFadden, who is reportedly a convicted sex offender.
Jesse McFadden was accused of sexting with a minor
04:00 , Io Dodds
Jesse McFadden was about to stand trial for soliciting sexual conduct via the use of technology and possession of child pornography.
Court records seen by The Independent show that Mr McFadden was named in an arrest warrant in September 2017, with a trial originally scheduled for 2020.
However, it seems that he failed to appear, and legal proceedings continued until 1 May 2023, when he was scheduled for another jury trial and again did not show up.
According to The Muskogee Phoenix, prosecutors accused Mr McFadden of using a contraband cell phone to sext with a 16-year-old girl in Muskogee while he was an inmate at Jess Dunn Correctional Center in July 2016.
Prosecutors said Mr McFadden had sent sexually explicit photos to the girl and received nude photos from her, hence the child porn charge.
Brewer family church holds prayer meeting
03:34 , Io Dodds
A Christian church near Henryetta has held a prayer meeting for the family of Brittany Brewer.
The Schulter Baptist Church in Schutler, Oklahoma, said on Facebook on Monday that the Brewer family were "faithful members" of its congregation.
'Beautiful, smart, and full of life'
03:12 , Io Dodds
A friend of the Brewer family has started a GoFundMe to raise money for funeral expenses, paying tribute to Brittany Brewer.
"I’ve known this family for a while, and Brittany was a beautiful, smart, and full of life 16 year old young lady," said Cassandra Apperson on Facebook on Monday evening.
"She went out this weekend with her friends and was supposed to return home last night, and her father reported her missing and just a little while ago they found her and a few others deceased and the man responsible was also found deceased."
On her GoFundMe page, she added: "This is undoubtedly one of the most difficult times [the family] 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."
Mapped: Where the seven bodies were found
02:39 , Io Dodds
Here's a map of where the bodies were found.
Police executed a search warrant at a rural ranch on the outskirts of Henryetta, a small town with a population of about 5,600 according to the 2020 census.
Previously in Okmulgee: Four missing men found dismembered in river
02:05 , Io Dodds
This is the second grisly tragedy to strike the Okmulgee area in the past year.
Last October, police found the dismembered remains of missing brothers Billy Chastain, 30, and Mark Chastain, 32, along with their friends 29-year-old Alex Stevens and 32-year-old Mike Sparks, in the Deep Fork River.
Each had suffered gunshot wounds, and officers aid the killings had been extremely violent in nature. You can read more about that case here.
Authorities later charged scrapyard owner Joseph Kennedy, 67, with murdering the four men, based on video footage from a nearby business, cell phone location data, DNA evidence, and the testimony of a woman who said Mr Kennedy had admitted to her that he killed them.
In December, prosecutors said Mr Kennedy had confessed to the crime.
Who were the four other bodies found?
01:41 , Io Dodds
In his press conference earlier today, County sheriff Eddy Rice refused to say much about the identity of the other four bodies.
"Nobody [else] was reported missing. There were other family members related to the one family," he said, without specifying which family he meant.
But according to KJRH reporter Erin Christy, the other four people found dead may be the family of Jesse McFadden, a 39-year-old who was released from prison in 2020 after serving nearly 17 years in jail for rape.
"Over the weekend, Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer had a sleepover with Tiffany McFadden, Jesse’s stepdaughter," Ms Christy said on Facebook earlier this morning.
"They were supposed to go swimming on a ranch in McAlester but never showed. No one has heard Ivy, Brittany, Tiffany, Tiffany’s two brothers, Jesse, or his wife, Holly.
"I spoke to Ivy’s mother who said Ivy’s Life 360, a phone tracking service, was turned off. She was unaware of McFadden's criminal history. She says it is extremely unlike her to not respond to text messages or calls."
What we know so far
01:08 , Io Dodds
Here’s my full story with details of the case so far.
Seven people including two missing teenage girls found dead in Oklahoma house
Jesse McFadden: A convicted rapist accused of sexting with a minor
01:02 , Io Dodds
Oklahoma penal records show that Jesse McFadden was a convicted rapist who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, of which he served nearly 17 years.
The 39-year-old was found guilty of first degree rape in November 2003, admitted to prison in January 2004, and released in October 2020.
According toThe Muskogee Phoenix, he was also charged in 2017 with using a contraband cell phone to solicit sexual conduct from a 16-year-old girl in Muskogee the previous year.
His trial date had reportedly been set for today, Monday 1 April, though it’s not clear why it took so long for his case to make its way to court.
Father of Brittany Brewer speaks out
Tuesday 2 May 2023 00:49 , Io Dodds
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.
Families release pictures of missing girls
Tuesday 2 May 2023 00:35 , Io Dodds
Here is a picture of Ms Brewer (left) and Ms Webster (right), courtesy of their respected families.
We also have a mugshot of their suspected abductor Jesse McFadden, who was reportedly jailed for rape in 2003 and was wanted for sexting with a teenage girl at the time the girls went missing.
Seven found dead in rural Oklahaoma
Tuesday 2 May 2023 00:04 , Io Dodds
Good evening. Police in Oklahoma say that two missing girls and their suspected abductor are among seven dead bodies discovered in a rural house about 50 miles south of Tulsa.
Brittany Brewer, 16, and Ivy Webster, 14, were named in an Amber Alert on Monday morning after disappearing while in the company of a man named Jesse McFadden, who is reportedly a convicted sex offender.
But on Monday afternoon Okmulgee county sheriff Eddy Rice said the two girls and Mr McFadden are believed to be among seven, though he declined to give details of what officers had found.
We’ll bring you further updates as soon as we have them.
