A man has been arrested in connection to a house fire that left two men dead in Elizabethtown on Wednesday, October 30, according to police.
The fire was reported in the 500 block of Henon Lane shortly before 5 a.m. Elizabethtown police and fire crews responded to a fully fire engulfed home.
Public Affairs Officer for Elizabethtown Police Department Chris Denham said when firefighters went inside the home, they found two men dead inside. Both men, identified as 41-year-old Blake France of Greenville and 43-year-old Anthony Garrett of Elizabethtown, had been shot.
According to officials, the fire was found to have been intentionally set. Witnesses told police that a gold pickup truck had been seen leaving the scene.
Denham said officers quickly found the truck at a local motel. Video surveillance showed 45-year-old Dustin Caudill, of Elizabethtown, left the truck and later discarded a handgun. Later in the investigation, police found personal belongings of the victims inside Caudill’s motel room.
During an interview, Caudill admitted to shooting the victims and intentionally setting fire to the house. It was also learned that Caudill shot at a third victim. He also admitted to stealing wallets from the victims and throwing them away in a gas station trash can, according to police.
Caudill was taken into custody and charged with arson, two counts of murder, tampering with physical evidence, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, robbery, and wanton endangerment.
He was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center. He is scheduled for video arraignment in Hardin District Court on Thursday, October 31.
Source: WAVE
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