Murders of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman

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Lauria Jaylene Bible (; born April 18, 1983) and Ashley Renae Freeman (born December 29, 1983) were American teenagers who disappeared between the evening of December 29 and the early morning hours of December 30, 1999, from Freeman's home in Welch, Oklahoma. Firefighters arrived at the Freeman home shortly after 5:30 a.m. on December 30, when a motorist reported a fire at the residence. After the fire had been extinguished, the bodies of Freeman's parents, Danny and Kathy, were recovered. Both had been shot to death at close range. However, law enforcement was unable to find any trace of Bible or Freeman in the rubble of the home. On April 26, 2018, it was reported that Ronnie Dean Busick was being charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Bible and the Freeman family. In 2020, Busick pleaded guilty to accessory to murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison plus five years of probation. He was released on May 19, 2023, after serving just 38 months. On October...

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