KOAM NEWS HEADLINES 7/16/2020
The last surviving suspect in the 1999 disappearance of two girls from Welch, Oklahoma has pleaded guilty. Ronnie Busick is charged with accessory to murder and will be sentenced to five years in prison and five years of probation, if the remains of Ashley Freeman and Laura Bible are found by August 31st. If the remains aren't found Busick will be sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of supervision. In 1999 the bodies of Danny and Kathy Freeman were found in the burned Rubble of their mobile home in Welch, Oklahoma. The bodies of Ashley Freeman and her friend Laura Bible have never been found.
The OSBI and the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office are investigating a suspicious death. Authorities say a body was found Monday on South 689 Road in Wyandotte. They say it was a white woman. The OSBI says they don't know a cause of death or the identity of the victim.