Suspects in mom deaths will pay ultimate price: Bounty hunter

(NewsNation) — The suspects in the deaths of two Kansas women allegedly belonged to an anti-government religious group called “God’s Misfits.” America’s most famous bounty hunter says a more appropriate title would be “The Devil’s Herd.”

Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, tells NewsNation’s “On Balance” that, in his opinion, the deaths of Jilian Kelley and Veronica Butler were “absolutely premeditated murder.”

However, Chapman says one saving grace is that the alleged murders took place in Oklahoma, which has the highest per capita execution rate in the U.S.

“Thank God it happened in a place where they believe that a crime is a crime and murder is murder,” he said.

Oklahoma began attempting to clear its backlog of 43 death row prisoners three years ago. Since then, 12 have been put to death. The most recent was Michael Smith on April 4.

While it will be years before the four suspects in the Kansas moms case are tried, much less convicted or sentenced to death, Chapman is already convinced they’ll face the ultimate punishment.

“They’re heading to the death penalty,” he said.

On Wednesday, a judge denied bond for the four suspects arrested in connection to the killings.

Tifany Adams, 54; her boyfriend Tad Cullum, 43; Cora Twombly, 44; and her husband Cole Twombly, 50, have each been charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder of Butler, 27, and Kelley, 39.