Search For Welch Girls Missing Since 1999 To Resume In Picher

Search teams will be in Picher, Oklahoma on Tuesday to resume the search for two girls from Welch who went missing more than 20 years ago.

Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman went missing in 1999 and investigators believe the girls were kidnapped and murdered, but their bodies have never been found. In 2020, the last remaining suspect in the case, Ronnie Busick, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for accessory to murder.

Crews will start searching at 9 a.m. and Lauria's mother Lorene will be there for the search.

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