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OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill currently in the Oklahoma legislature would rename a section of highway in honor of Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly.
Section 13 of Oklahoma House Bill 1486 governing the naming of memorial roads and bridges would rename a portion of Oklahoma State Highway 95 in honor of the two women who were killed almost one year ago.
Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelly of Hugoton were reported missing March 30, 2024. The two women were traveling to Oklahoma to visit Butler’s children. Their car was found abandoned on Highway 95.
Their bodies were later found, and five people are currently jailed, awaiting trial for their deaths. Earlier this month, Veronica Butler’s mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the five.
The bill passed unanimously in the Oklahoma House. It now moves on to the Senate.
If signed by the governor, the section of Highway 95 from the Four Corners to two miles into Texas County, Okla., would be renamed the “Veronica Butler and Jillian Kelley Memorial Highway.”
