Tensions were high in the courtroom Wednesday as the suspects accused of murdering Kansas moms Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley were called "sorry pieces of s--" by victims' loved ones.
Tifany Adams, 54; boyfriend Tad Cullum, 43; Cora Twombly, 44; and her husband Cole Twombly, 50, have been charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Butler, 27, and Kelley, 39, according to authorities.
The four suspects accused of murdering the moms made their first court appearances where they were formally charged with the slayings.
Family called Adams – the paternal grandmother of Butler's children – a "f------- b----" and the other alleged murderers "sorry pieces of s---" as they entered the courtroom, according to NewsNation.
"There's just too many emotions, so much anger. I don't understand how somebody can hate someone so much," said Butler's aunt.
The foursome were subsequently denied bond.
Butler and Kelley disappeared March 30 during a drive from Hugoton, Kansas, to Eva, Oklahoma, to pick up Butler's children from Adams.
The women's abandoned vehicle – with evidence of foul play – was later found on the side of a bloodied highway, according to authorities.
Butler and Kelley's bodies were discovered Sunday buried in a hay-covered hole on a property rented out by Cullum, two weeks after they mysteriously disappeared.
Authorities allege a child custody battle between Butler and her ex motivated the suspects to kill.
"We will take out Veronica at drop off," Adams, who had custody of the children while their father, Wrangler Rickman was in rehab, said, according to Rickman's grandma.
A break in the case came when Cora's 16-year-old daughter, referred to as CW, told detectives that her mother confessed to her that she and the three other suspects were involved in the deaths of Butler and Kelley, the affidavits obtained by Headlines & Global News read.
Cora allegedly told her daughter the foursome were using "burner phones" to plot the deaths of the victims, and CW alleged she saw the phones charging on her mom's nightstand.
CW allegedly told detectives Cora, Cole, Adams and Cullum, were part of a religious, anti-government group called "God's Misfits," according to the affidavit.
Cora allegedly told her daughter she and Cole would not be home the morning of March 30 - the day Butler and Kelley vanished - because they had to complete a "mission" with their group. When they returned later that day, CW was allegedly instructed to clean their vehicle because Cora said things didn't go as planned, the affidavit stated.
"CW was told that Cora and Cole blocked the road to stop Butler and Kelley and divert them" to Adams and Cullum, the documents read. Cora allegedly told her daughter they dumped the women's bodies in "something like" a well. Cora admitted God's Misfits previously planned to kill Butler earlier this year by tossing an anvil through her windshield, but that plot never transpired.
