Relatives are remembering a mother and five teenagers found dead on a rural property near Henryetta, Oklahoma, on Monday. They include Rylee Elizabeth Allen, a 17-year-old aspiring artist who wanted to be a doctor, and 14-year-old Ivy Webster, whose mother described her as a “genuine good person” who loved softball, people and animals.
Law enforcement said Wednesday that 39-year-old Jesse McFadden fatally shot them all before killing himself. Holly Guess, 35, was a doting parent who worked from home, most recently by selling life insurance, her mother, Janette Mayo, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “She was a fantastic mother. She loved her children beyond belief. She was overprotective,” said Mayo, of Westville, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. “She was supportive if they wanted to do something. She’d go out 100%.”
When one of Guess’ children wanted to play football, she “went out 100%, went and bought the family T-shirts and sweatshirts to support the team,” Mayo said.
Mayo wasn’t sure how Guess met McFadden, but she said he moved in with Guess and her three children just after they moved to Henryetta in 2021. They married in May 2022, she said.
Brittany Brewer, 16, another of Tiffany’s friends, aspired to be a teacher or a veterinarian, according to her father, Nathan Brewer. “Brittany was an outgoing person. She was actually selected to be Miss Henryetta … coming up in July for this Miss National Miss pageant in Tulsa. And now she ain’t gonna make it because she’s dead. She’s gone,” Brewer said.
Michael James, 15, played football, ran cross-country and track and was an “all-around fantastic young man” who shared a birthday with his grandfather, Janette Mayo said. Tiffany, 13, also ran cross-country. The seventh grader was in the choir and had just tried out for the cheerleading squad. “She was the sweetest, most loving girl you’d ever met,” Mayo said. “We called her ‘Tiffasaurus’ because when she’d get mad at you, she’d growl.”
Ivy, 14, a friend of Tiffany, was a great kid who loved animals, according to her mother, Ashleigh Webster. “She loved softball. She loved people, animals. She was just a genuine good person. She really was,” Webster said.
The tragedy has left the community in shock and mourning.
Source: AP News
