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Jesse McFadden: Bodies of convicted rapist and 6 others found in Oklahoma home during search for missing teens

The bodies of the two teen girls and Jesse McFadden are believed to be among those discovered but not yet officially identified

HENRYETTA, OKLAHOMA: Seven bodies were discovered on Monday morning, May 1, in an Oklahoma property during a search for two missing teenagers. It was reported that 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer were with a man named Jesse McFadden. The bodies of the two teens and McFadden are believed to be among the ones that were discovered, but they have not been officially identified. 

The missing persons' report revealed Webster left Saturday evening, April 29, to spend time with a friend, and was supposed to be home by 5 pm the next day, but she never returned, the Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office reported."Webster was reported to be staying with 39-year-old Jesse McFadden, who, along with two other family members, were believed to be heading to McAlester to work on a ranch," the Sheriff's Office report said, Raw Story reports. None of them reached the ranch. It is unclear how Webster and Brewer knew McFadden.

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According to a Facebook post by Webster's mom, Ashleigh Webster, her daughter, and Brewer were with McFadden, and the three were missing along with McFadden's wife Holly, and her children Tiffany, Michael, and Rylie. It is unclear if Holly and her children were among the deceased. 

Who was Jesse McFadden?

McFadden, 39, was a convicted rapist, Fox 23 reports. He was given a 20-year sentence for a 2004 first-degree rape charge in Pittsburg County, as per the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. He was accused of exchanging nude photos and videos with an underage girl from the Jess Dunn Correctional Center. For this crime, he was charged with soliciting sexual communications with a minor and possession/distribution of juvenile content.

However, McFadden was released from prison on October 30, four years earlier than it was scheduled, according to the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry. His trial for the charges related to the exchange with the minor was supposed to begin on April 1.

McFadden was an independent contractor and lived with his wife, her daughter, and her two sons in Henryetta, Oklahoma. He was born on August 24, 1983, according to The US Sun.

'This one is horrible'

Heartbroken social media users reacted to the developments of the case, with one of them saying, "Just reported via Sheriff: 7 found dead, including Ivy and Brittany. Heartbreaking. :(". Another user said, "This one is horrible,". One wrote, "This is exactly the type of horrific case I think of when people act like I’m overprotective of my kids."

"So awful! Got the Amber Alert this morning!!" one user said, while another wrote, "The victims are assumed to be his wife, her three kids, and the two girls. He got busted for the charges he was due in court for while he was in prison so why did he get released in 2020?" "The iPhone alert for this scared me this morning. I was sad to hear this outcome on the news," one user said.

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