(NewsNation) — The leader of a religious group in South Carolina called “God’s Misfits,” who goes by the name “Squirrel,” says the suspects involved in the killing of two Kansas moms do not share the same God as him.
“Not my God. … The God that I serve condemns such hate,” Squirrel said during an exclusive interview Friday with NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield.
Squirrel defended his religious organization, adding that he has no relationship with the four suspects, who also are part of a group with the name “God’s Misfits,” and has never been to Oklahoma.
“I have no relation with them at all,” Squirrel said on “Banfield.”
The Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner identified two bodies found in Texas County as Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday.
Tifany Adams, 54; her boyfriend Tad Cullum, 43; Cora Twombly, 44; and her husband Cole Twombly, 50, have each been charged with the kidnapping and first-degree murder of Butler and Kelley. Butler was reportedly in the middle of a nasty custody battle with Adams, the grandmother of her children, at the time of her death.
The four suspects lived in the Oklahoma Panhandle, a thin strip of land with a history of lawlessness and criminality in the 1800s. The area, where the suspects lived and where the two bodies were found, had historically been known as “No Man’s Land.”
Court documents show investigators said Adams confessed to killing Butler and Kelley; they also indicate there were previous attempts to kill Butler in Oklahoma and Kansas.
The quartet, said to be part of the allegedly anti-government religious group called “God’s Misfits,” has become a central figure in the investigation. The group allegedly met at the Twomblys’ residence weekly, court documents revealed.
Squirrel said the organization is “not anti-government at all.”
“The Scripture says that God puts in office who he wants in office. Even it doesn’t make me happy, I go with it. God’s word is true. We pray for our president, we pray for our country. I’m not anti-government at all. I’m not real happy about things that are going on right now, but that’s all around the world,” Squirrel said.
Police say a fifth person who attended those meetings was not arrested. NewsNation learned Wednesday night that the man was taken into custody and questioned by authorities but was then released.
NewsNation’s Brian Entin contributed to this report.