 Robert Foley, then and now. Robert Foley
Male/White, 33 years old at the time
Victims: Rodney Vaughn, Lynn Vaughn, Kimberly Bowersock, Calvin Reynolds, Lillian Contino, Jerry McMillan
Case #1: In 1991, in Laurel County, Kentucky, Robert Foley shot and killed brothers Rodney and Lynn Vaughn in Foley’s home. Ten other adults were at the home, along with five children. Other male guests had checked their pistols in the kitchen cabinet, but Foley kept his .38 colt snub-nose revolver concealed in the small of his back, under his belt and shirt. The first victim consumed enough alcohol to become belligerent and two fights erupted between Foley and the first victim. Foley admits that he started the first fight and later in the evening shot and killed the first victim. Read more »
 Samuel Steven Fields, Then & Now Samuel Steven Fields
Male/White, 21 years old at the time
Victim: Bess Horton
During the early morning hours of August 19, 1993, in Carter County, Samuel Fields entered the home of 84-year-old Bess Horton through a back window. He stabbed her in the head and slashed her throat. She died as a result of multiple sharp force injuries of the head and neck. The large knife used to slash her throat was found protruding from her right temple. Read more »
 Roger Epperson, Then & Now Roger Dale Epperson
Male/White, 35 years old at the time
Victims: Edwin & Bessie Morris, Dr. Roscoe Acker (survived), Tammy Acker
Case #1: On June 16, 1985, Roger Dale Epperson and two accomplices went to the home of Edwin and Bessie Morris in Gray Hawk, Jackson County, Kentucky. Edwin Morris’s body was later found lying on the kitchen floor, gagged, with his hands tied behind his back, and with a pillow near his head. Bessie Morris’s body was found on a bed in the bedroom with her hands tied behind her back and her feet tied together.
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 Kevin Wayne Dunlap
Male/White, 36 years old at the time
Victims: Kristy Frensley (stabbed but survived), Kayla Williams, Kourtney and Ethan Frensley
On October 15, 2009, Kevin Wayne Dunlap approached Kristy Frensley in her backyard before forcing her inside her home at gunpoint, where he raped and stabbed her. When her three children, a 5-year-old boy and his 14 and 17-year-old sisters, arrived home from school, he fatally stabbed them and set fire to the home. The mother survived by playing dead. The boy’s stab wounds were so severe that some of his ribs were broken. Read more »
 Virginia Caudill, then and now. Virginia Caudill
Female/White, 39 years old at the time
Victim: Lonetta White
In Fayette County on March 15, 1998, Virginia Caudill and accomplice Jonathon Goforth entered the home of a 73-year-old female and beat her to death, shattering her skull. The victim was the mother of Caudill’s estranged boyfriend and the two had gone to her home to ask her for money, supposedly to buy crack cocaine. Caudill and Goforth then ransacked her home and stole numerous items of valuable personal property, including guns, jewelry and a mink coat. They then wrapped her body in a rug and placed it in the trunk of her own car and drove her to a rural area in Fayette County and set the car on fire. The victim was burned so badly that she could not be recognized. Read more »
 Phillip Brown, then and now. Phillip Brown
Male/Black, 21 years old at the time
Victim: Sherry Bland
In Adair County in 2001, Phillip Brown beat a woman with a blunt instrument and stabbed her to death. After leaving the scene and interviewing witnesses it was learned that he stole a 27-inch color television. Read more »
 Ronnie L. Bowling, then and now. Ronnie L. Bowling
Male/White, 20 years old at the time
Victims: Marvin Hensley & Ronald Smith
In Laurel County in 1989, this killer, Ronnie L. Bowling, executed two service station attendants in separate robberies. He shot and killed a service station attendant during the early morning hours of January 20, 1989, shooting the victim six times in the head, chest and back. In the early morning hours of February 22, 1989, Bowling shot and killed a service station owner in the head and hand. Bowling was arrested after attempting to rob a third service station on February 25, 1989. Bowling entered the station and had a brief conversation with the owner. As he turned to leave, he pulled out a revolver and began shooting at the owner, who was able to avoid the gunfire. The Kentucky State Police were notified and they followed Bowling for some thirty miles before he finally stopped and was arrested. Read more »
 Ralph Baze, then and now. Ralph Baze
Male/White, 36-years-old at the time
Victims: Sheriff Steve Bennett & Deputy Arthur Briscoe
Ralph Baze resided in Powell County, Kentucky. He had been convicted twice of felonies and was wanted in Ohio for Assault of a Police Officer, Bail Jumping, Receiving Stolen Property, and Flagrant Nonsupport. On January 15, 1992, the Lucas County Sheriff’s Office in Toledo, Ohio, notified the Powell County authorities that they wished to extradite Baze on the felony counts. When Deputy Sheriff Arthur Briscoe arrived at Baze’s cabin to arrest him, Baze escaped through a trapdoor, retrieved his SKS assault rifle from behind the cabin, and fled into the woods. Deputy Briscoe left to recruit additional officers to assist in the arrest. He came back, followed by Sheriff Steve Bennett. Read more »
Death Row and Death Penalty news continue to be some of the most visited areas of our web site. As a result, we have been requested to provide information about the Death Penalty and those killers who have been condemned to Kentucky’s Death Row. Read more »
 Thomas Clyde Bowling, then and now. Thomas Clyde Bowling
Male/White, 37-years-old at the time
Victims: Tina and Eddie Earley, 2-year-old son shot but survived
In Fayette County in 1990, this killer, Thomas Clyde Bowling, caused his vehicle to collide with a vehicle occupied by Tina and Eddie Earley and their two-year-old son while they were parked in front of their small dry cleaning business. Bowling exited his vehicle, approached the Earley’s vehicle, and intentionally fired gunshots at them at point-blank range, killing Tina and Eddie Earley and wounding their child. Bowling then returned to his car but walked back to the Earley’s car to make sure they were dead, and then drove away. Read more »
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