TEXAS COUNTY, Okla. (KSNW) -- A preliminary hearing has been waived, and a plea deal has been reached in the case of murdered Kansas mothers Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley. (Courtesy: OSBI) Tuesday began with Tifany Adams, Tad Cullum, and Cole Twombly going to the Texas County Courthouse for their preliminary hearings. Law enforcement officers brought the three suspects and a fourth suspect, Cora Twombly, to the courthouse Tuesday morning. They were each led in separately in handcuffs. Tifany Adams arrives at the Texas County Courthouse, Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo) Tad Cullum arrives at the Texas County Courthouse, Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo) Cole Twombly arrives at the Texas County Courthouse, Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo) Cora Twombly arrives at the Texas County Courthouse, Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo) Adams leaves Approximately 20 minutes after Adams arrived, she was escorted out and driven away in a patrol car. KSN's Julia Thatcher is in the courtroom. She says Adams waived the right to a preliminary hearing and to a speedy trial and then left. Adams' defense team remained in the courtroom to listen to testimony. A police officer drives Tifany Adams away from the Texas County Courthouse shortly after she arrived on Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo)A law enforcement officer stands guard at the top of the Texas County Courthouse on Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo)These are some of the law enforcement vehicles that escorted the four suspects to the Texas County Courthouse on Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo0The scene outside the Texas County Courthouse on Dec. 17, 2024. (KSN News Photo) Cora Twombly plea agreement, testimony Cora testified in the preliminary hearing after taking a plea agreement. The district attorney says part of the plea agreement is that Cora will plead guilty to first-degree murder and conspiring to commit murder, and she will testify about what she knew of the crimes. In exchange, the DA would recommend a life sentence for her with all of it suspended except for 30 years. Cora said that part of her plea agreement is to protect her daughter, saying that if she testified, her daughter would not have to. Thatcher says the morning testimony was about how the relationship grew between the suspects, the group they formed called God's Misfits, and what led up to the murders of Butler and Kelley. The two Hugoton women disappeared in March while they were going to pick up Butler’s children in Oklahoma. Their bodies were found in April. Cora told the court that a lot of the suspects grew up together in the same area of Oklahoma. She said she and her husband, Cole, were watching videos and learning about their constitutional rights when Paul Grice, the fifth suspect, came by to buy a puppy and joined their conversation. Adams and Cullum later joined the group. Tifany Adams, Tad Cullum, Cora Twombly, Cole Twombly, and Paul Grice (Courtesy: Texas County Sheriff's Office) Adams and Cora began to bond over the struggles they faced as parents. Adams eventually confided about her custody issues with her grandchildren. Cora said that, over time, conversations eventually turned to how to get rid of Butler, the mother of Adams' grandchildren, because Adams did not have enough money to continue fighting for custody. Cora testified that a first attempt on Butler's life was going to be on Butler's birthday, but it did not happen. She testified that the group devised a new plan in which she would be the lookout. Cora also testified that Cole was not aware of the plan to kill Butler until the week before. That was about the Wednesday before the murders happened. Cora said that Adams didn't want Cole to be involved, and that's why he was left out of those conversations. He was brought in when they realized they needed another person to keep watch. Cora also testified about the day of the murders. She said that she pulled off on the side of the road and could see two people running between Butler's car and a trailer. She did not specify who that was but later said she could see Grice and Butler struggling on the ground. She said she saw Grice's arm moving up and down. She did not see a knife, but she said that she assumed Grice was stabbing Butler. Cora said in her testimony that the group knew a court-appointed supervisor would be with Butler. She was asked how she felt about it being Kelley. Cora said that the group wasn't necessarily OK with it but that Kelley was helping Butler, and so, by association, she had to be killed. Grice takes the stand After lunch, the KSN News crew saw law enforcement officers leading Grice into the courthouse. There is tight security at the courthouse. Cora and Grice previously waived their right to a preliminary hearing. The district attorney filed a motion to have them testify at the preliminary hearings. Grice did take the stand. Thatcher was in the courtroom. Watch the video below to learn more: Other potential witnesses Subpoenas are giving an idea of who else may speak during the hearing. This includes an employee of Big R Standard Supply. Court documents say that is where Adams bought five stun guns before the murders of Butler and Kelley. The medical examiner's report noted possible stun gun marks on both women and that a stun gun was found underneath the buried freezer the women were found in. Another person subpoenaed is Jamie Beasley, the property owner where the bodies were dug up.  Court documents say prepaid phones, bought by Adams, last transmitted a signal near the Twombly's home and the Beasley's property. These preliminary hearings give prosecutors a chance to lay out evidence and for a judge to decide if there is enough evidence to go to trial. The preliminary hearings are slated to last three days. Charges against Adams, Cullum and Cole Adams, Cullum and Cole face the following charges: Two counts of murder in the first degree – deliberate intent Conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree – deliberate intent Two counts of unlawful removal of a dead body — for allegedly removing both bodies from the original place of death Two counts of unlawful desecration of a human corpse — for allegedly disposing of both bodies underground, which impeded the investigation and resulted in the loss of evidence In addition, Adams faces two counts of child neglect. MORE Latest Updates Veronica Butler’s autopsy released on judge’s order New details released in Jilian Kelley’s murder 3 suspects in Kansas women’s deaths face new charges