Seven people were found dead Monday inside an Oklahoma home authorities said. Okmulgee County authorities are investigating the killings, including two teenage girls who had been missing and the man they were suspected to be with.
Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said, one of the bodies appeared to be Jesse McFadden. He was reported by Oklahoma Highway Patrol to possibly be with the girls, Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 16. Officials said the hunt for Webster and Brewer ended after McFadden’s property was searched.
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The bodies of seven people were found at the McFadden family house on May 1, 2023, when police officials searched the home in connection with the disappearance of Ivy and Brittany. According to police, the missing girls were staying at McFadden’s home for a sleepover with his stepdaughter.
Who was Jesse McFadden?
Jesse McFadden was an independent contractor and registered sex offender. He was 39 years old. He lived in Henryetta, Oklahoma with his wife, her daughter, and two sons.
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McFadden was born on August 24, 1983. He spent his early 200s in jail after he was convicted of first-degree rape in McAlester, Oklahoma. According to the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry, he was in jail for around 20 years before being released in October 2020.
According to court records, he was due Monday in Muskogee County District Court for a jury trial on one count of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor by use of technology and one count of possession of child pornography. When he failed to appear in court, a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
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In July 2016, he was accused of having a cell phone while an inmate at Jess Dunn Correctional Centre in Taft. McFadden was accused of using the phone to communicate with a 16-year-old girl in Muskogee. He was released from prison on October 30, 2020.
