HENRYETTA, OKLAHOMA: The pond at convicted rapist Jesse McFadden’s property was seemingly dug open and expanded a few months ago. Victims' family members also found a ledger with a list of names and ages. McFadden was found dead on May 1 alongside six others — McFadden’s wife, Holly Guess, 35, her children, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13, and two missing teens, Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 15.
Sharing the details, an unnamed nearby resident told that someone had been unusually digging and expanding the pond at the property, about six months ago and worked on it for a month, as per KJRH 2 News Oklahoma. Ivy Webster’s attorney informed that the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) had dive teams at the location and also got boats using sonar devices at a pond. The officials then took down the crime scene tape at around 1 pm on Monday afternoon, May 8, and left the property.
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OSBI is leading the case
The OSBI took charge of the investigation after outrage from the public and Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski's request after the father of a victim slammed the officials for leaving important evidence unsecured at the property. Confirming the team's lead in the investigation, OSBI interim public information officer Gerald Davidson said on May 8, "The OSBI is now the lead agency in the case, and the investigation is ongoing," reports The Oklahoma
Commenting on the case, Dave Walker, a former lead homicide detective for the Tulsa Police Department, called the whole case "a headscratcher," and pointed out that leadership is a problem resolving this case. He said, "Ultimately, someone needs to say we’ll go through this or that. What did you miss? And if you have people outside your jurisdiction, it doesn’t work well. You gotta be in charge of everything or you're not in charge of anything," as per KJRH 2 News Oklahoma. And further expressed that the investigation needs to be carried out even with a suspect dead.
The outlet also mentioned that victims' family members went inside the property and found several cell phones, computers, and other important pieces of evidence that were left behind by the investigators. They also found a ledger with a list of names and ages. And the last names were of the family and the two missing teens who were killed last week.
Details of the killings
McFadden, who was sent to prison in 2003 for 20 years after being convicted of raping Krystle Strong but was released early in 2020, shot six individuals in the head with his wife’s gun, reports Independent. Family members of the victims questioned the early release with Janette Mayo, mother of Holly Guess, asking, "They rushed him out of prison. How?" She further expressed, “Oklahoma failed to protect families. And because of that my children -- my daughter and my grandchildren -- are all gone. I’ve lost my daughter and my grandchildren and I’m never going to get to see ’em, never going to get to hold them, and it’s killing me.”