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Teen killer who spent 30 years behind bars commits more sickening crimes just four months after prison release

Dustin Caudill was 15 when he was arrested for the deaths of his mother Karen Caudill, 33, and younger brother Nicholas, 10, in 1994.

Killer who murdered mom and brother when he was 14 ‘commits shocking bloodbath months after release’By Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter
Published: 08:08 EDT, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 08:08 EDT, 1 November 2024

AKentuckymanwhoservednearly30yearsinprisonforthemurdersofhismotherandbrotherhaskilledagain–justfourmonthsafterhisrelease. DustinCaudillwas15whenhewasarrestedforthedeathsofhismotherKarenCaudill,33,andyoungerbrotherNicholas,10,in1994. PoliceatthetimesaidCaudillshothisbrotherafteranargument.Hethenshothismotherdeadwhenshegothomelaterthatnight.  Caudill,now43,wasreleasedin2020afterserving27yearsinprisonbutwasarrestedagainin2023forviolatinghisparole. Policenowsaythatjustfourmonthsafterhisrelease,CaudillmurderedBlakeFrance,41,andAnthonyGarret,43,beforeburningdownahomeinElizabethtown. DustinCaudill,whoservednearly30yearsinprisonforkillinghismotherandlittlebrother,hasallege