A grieving husband has hinted that his teenage daughter and her boyfriend are responsible for the brutal murder of his wife – adding he hates the 15-year-old girl.
Rhonda Oakley, 52, was found dead by her 13-year-old stepson inside her home in Danville, Kentucky, on September 1.
That day, her stepdaughter Jenna Oakley went missing.
She was found two days later in her mother's car with her 21-year-old boyfriend Kenneth Nigh nearly 1,200 miles away in a motel parking lot in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
State police have previously said they are not looking for any suspects in the case.
Phillip Oakley (right, with his slain wife) has hinted that his teenage daughter Jenna (left) and her boyfriend are responsible for the brutal murder of his wife
Now, Jenna's father Phillip Oakley has revealed to the
Lexington Herald-Leader that he knows who murdered his wife.
He branded his wife's killers 'monsters' and added that the pair's identities would soon be revealed – but he declined to elaborate himself so as to not jeopardize the case's outcome.
But he added: 'I can tell you that I hate my daughter. I do not care about my daughter.
'I'm worried about the people that I need to protect and that's not one of them.'
He also said his wife's death was 'unnecessary' and said there are others he holds accountable for it too.
WDRB, Oakley said: 'You grow up and you have children and you know, you say you’ve got unconditional love for your children.
'That’s not true. That’s not true. I found some way to not have unconditional love for my child.'
He added: 'What people say about Jenna, I don’t care. Say, feel however you want about her. I don’t care.'
A criminal complaint reveals 911 dispatchers in Tucumcari referred to Jenna Oakley as 'a primary suspect of a homicide that occurred in Boyle County, Kentucky,' according to WDRB.
She was found after Kentucky State Police alerted authorities in New Mexico that her cellphone indicated she was at a truck stop in Tucumcari.
The teenager and her boufriend were found two days later nearly 1,200 miles away from Danville in a motel parking lot in Tucumcari, New Mexico
Jenna and Nigh were found inside a white Honda Civic, which had been reported stolen, in the parking lot of a Motel 6.
The teenager has since been returned to Kentucky, but authorities did not elaborate on if she is in police custody as she is a juvenile.
Nigh has been charged with one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Both he and Jenna are facing auto theft charges.
He intentionally hurt himself while in a New Mexico jail and was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to another in Amarillo, Texas.