Law enforcement found seven bodies, including two teenagers and a convicted sex offender authorities believe the girls were traveling with, after a search at a rural Oklahoma property on Monday.
While Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said the state medical examiner will have to confirm the identities of the victims, he believes they have found who they were looking for: 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer, along with Jesse McFadden, 39, the felon authorities had said the teenagers were traveling with.
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“We are no longer looking,” Rice said. “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.”
Rice did not say if they know who the other bodies are, nor did he provide details on how Webster, Brewer, and McFadden died.
A missing endangered person advisory had been issued earlier in the day for Webster and Brewer before it was canceled Monday afternoon by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The bodies were found during a search near the town of Henryetta, home to about 6,000 and located about 90 miles east of Oklahoma City, authorities said. The property was one where McFadden lived, according to the Tulsa World.
Because McFadden’s body was found, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesman Gerald Davidson said there is no threat to the community. “There is no suspect at large that we are looking for right at this moment.”
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McFadden was convicted of first-degree rape in 2003 and released in October 2020, Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison records show, per the Associated Press. According to the outlet, court records also show 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.
