Jesse McFadden shooting spree: How an Oklahoma mom's intuition saved daughter from getting killed
Warning: This article contains a recollection of crime and can be triggering to some, readers' discretion advised
HENRYETTA, OKLAHOMA: In a heart-wrenching tragedy, a distraught mother in Henryetta recounts how her daughter was invited to a home before mass murder. Jesse McFadden, the suspect, allegedly shot and killed six victims before taking his own life on Monday, May 1.
One of the victims in Monday's mass murder in Henryetta was Annika's best friend, Tiffany Guess. She recounted receiving a text from Tiffany asking if she wanted to go to the mall in Tulsa. "I got a text asking if I wanted to go up to the mall in Tulsa, and I said I don’t know if I can today," said Annika. "And she said OK, and I said maybe next weekend," said Annika as she declined Tiffany's invite.
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Annika was invited to the same gathering where two teenage girls Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer went missing on Monday. Subsequently, police discovered seven bodies, all of whom had been shot to death. "We were roller skating, and we rode bikes and everything. We swam. It’s going to be hard without her and everything," Annika said, as per KOCO News. "When we walk into school, everybody’s just silent and like kind of sad and crying," said Addison, another friend of Tiffany's.
'My intuition told me she would never go back'
Police have not yet determined if the mass murder on Holly Road was premeditated, but Valerie Mosco had an intuition. "The fact that she did spend the night there one time, and then I didn’t get a good feeling. Not that it was a bad feeling, nothing they had done made it a bad feeling, but my intuition told me she would never go back," Mosco said, according to the source. She also described how her daughter is going through an unimaginable level of devastation that she never prepared for.
"Just reminding them that the world is not so innocent and life is not easy, but with support, with your friends and family and obviously the good lord, that’s the only way you can get through life," Mosco said. In the wake of the tragedy, the community is distributing flyers to honor the victims. "I look back and wish Tiffany could have reached out to us and told us that something wasn’t right at their house. But she never did. Just always talk to your kids," Mosco said. In addition, a benefit auction and donation car wash was organized in Henryetta to aid families affected by the tragedy.