Seven dead in Henryetta were shot by a convicted rapist, the victims’ grandmother says

Authorities in Henryetta, a city 90 miles east of Oklahoma City, made the gruesome discovery Monday morning after 39-year-old Jesse McFadden failed to appear in court to appear before a jury on charges to solicit sexual conduct with a minor and possession. of child pornography.

On Tuesday, a family member of the other four victims revealed their identities. Janette Mayo, 59, told the Associated Press that the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office notified her of the death of her daughter, Holly Guess, 35, and her grandchildren, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James May, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess. 13

Janette Mayo, 59, took to Facebook to mourn the deaths of her daughter and three grandchildren, after their bodies were recovered from the property of a convicted sex offender in rural Oklahoma.

While officials have not released information on the identity of the victims, Mayo said the dead included her 35-year-old daughter Holly Guess, who was married to Jesse McFadden, a convicted sex offender. She identified three others as her grandchildren Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13.

“My daughter loved her children and yes, she married the man who killed them, but her charm fooled her,” Mayo wrote. “He hurt me like the other families, but he took my world from me. My grandchildren and my daughter. I have a hole in my heart…”

Authorities have not confirmed the cause of death for the seven victims, but Mayo said they were shot at various locations on McFadden’s property.

Brittany Brewer, 15, and Ivy Webster, 14, were named in an Amber Alert Monday morning after going missing while in the company of a convicted rapist named Jesse McFadden, 39. The teens were reportedly at the house during a sleepover with McFadden’s stepdaughter.

the independentIo Dodds reports:

Jesse McFadden is a convicted rapist who was due to appear in court on new charges the day the bodies were found.

McFadden was convicted in 2003 of first-degree rape and served nearly 16 years before being released in 2020, according to Oklahoma prison records.

On Monday, he was due to appear in court for the start of his jury trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.

The charges were filed in 2017 while he was still in prison for his rape conviction.

When he failed to appear in court on Monday morning, the police began searching for him.

The mother of a teenager found dead along with six other people in Oklahoma said she knew something was wrong when her daughter didn’t answer her phone Sunday.

the independent has more:

As law enforcement officials stood silent Tuesday as they pieced together what led to the murder of seven people in rural Oklahoma, a relative of those killed recalled the controlling nature of one of the dead, who was a sex offender. registered.

Janette Mayo, whose daughter and three teenage grandchildren were among the dead, said the controlling behavior of her son-in-law, Jesse McFadden, was concerning, but the family did not learn of his criminal record until a few months ago.

“He lied to my daughter and convinced her that it was all a big mistake,” Mayo, of Westville, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

“He was very standoffish, generally very quiet, but he kept my daughter and the kids basically under lock and key. He had to know where they were at all times, which sent up red flags.”

Since the bodies were found early Monday morning, authorities have released little information about who was killed, how they died and who killed them.

A teenage sleepover turned tragedy when seven bodies were found on a rural Oklahoma property the day a convicted rapist was scheduled to appear in court.

Convicted rapist Jesse McFadden, 39, was due to appear in court on child pornography charges the same day seven bodies were found on his rural Oklahoma property. He was tried on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography.

the independentRachel Sharp tells the story:

Judy White-Allen confirmed that the independent that two of her grandchildren and her former daughter-in-law Holly Guess were among the seven bodies found in Henryetta.

“Now it’s all gone, I told you I’m not coming back,” the convicted rapist allegedly texted his alleged victim.