7 Found Dead In Oklahoma, 5 Of Whom Were Family: Reports

HENRYETTA, OK — Seven bodies were found on a property in Henryetta Monday afternoon, ending the search for missing teenagers Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer, Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice confirmed at a news conference streamed by News on 6 later that day.

Authorities found the bodies around 3 p.m. Monday, Rice said.

The medical examiner is in the process of confirming the identities of the victims, none of which have been publicly shared by authorities. But the sheriff said authorities are "no longer looking" for any of the missing people, including Webster, 14, Brewer, 16—who The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said had last been seen in Henryetta at 1:22 a.m.—and 39-year-old Jesse McFadden, who is on the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry after being convicted of rape in 2003 and was reportedly traveling with the teenagers.

Rice declined to go into details about the deaths but said that they are being investigated as homicides. He could not confirm how many of the seven victims were juveniles.

"Our thoughts go out to the family, friends, and schoolmates," Rice said. "We've had our share of troubles and woes [in Henryetta], but this one's pretty bad."

Though information is still limited, a combination of official documents and media reports paints a clearer picture of those involved and what might have happened leading up to their deaths.

McFadden's Wife And Her Children Are Also Dead, Victim's Mother Says

McFadden's wife Holly Guess, 35, is among the dead, Guess's mother Janette Mayo told the Washington Post. Mayo also said that her grandchildren, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17; Michael James Mayo, 15; and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13, had been found dead. Mayo said Tiffany Guess was close friends with Webster and Brewer, who were spending the weekend with the family.

“I don’t know what caused [McFadden] to snap and do what he did to my baby and my grandchildren and the other two little girls," Mayo told the Post, adding that she had just joined Guess and McFadden at her granddaughter’s choir concert days before they were found dead.

“They all looked happy,” she told the outlet.

Ivy Webster's father Justin Webster told the Associated Press he filed a missing person report with the local sheriff’s office when Ivy didn’t return home Sunday night after spending the weekend with McFadden, Guess and her children. Justin Webster said he thought the children went with McFadden to spend some time on a ranch where he was working near McAlester.

Victims Were Found Shot To Death, Sheriff Told Family

The bodies were found on a property off Holly Road in Henryetta, 40/29 reported.

Mayo told the Associated Press that according to the sheriff’s office, her daughter and grandchildren were all found shot to death in various locations on McFadden’s property.

Justin Webster added that law enforcement officials told him that all of the victims suffered gunshot wounds and that some had been "lined up."

McFadden Had Been Released From Prison In 2020

Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison records show McFadden was convicted of first-degree rape in 2003 and released in October 2020.

He 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 show he was communicating with a then-16-year-old girl using a contraband cell phone while he was incarcerated at a state prison near Muskogee.

McFadden Kept Family 'Under Lock And Key'

Guess married McFadden in May 2022, according to court records obtained by the Washington Post.

Mayo told The Associated Press Tuesday morning that McFadden "had to know where [Guess and her children] were at all times, which sent red flags up."

“He was very demure," Mayo added. "He was very standoffish, generally very quiet, but he kept my daughter and the kids basically under lock and key."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.