Kentucky: Two Jiggaboos Arrested for Killing Two White Men and a Fellow Nog

When I read about Owensboro, I think of Rainey Bethea.

If public hangings ended in Owensboro, they could certainly begin there again.

WPSD Local 6:

Police have made two arrests in the deaths of three people found shot at a home in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Owensboro police say 30-year-old Arnett B. Baines and 31-year-old Cylar L. Shemwell were each charged Friday with three counts of murder and one count of first-degree assault. Police spokesman Andrew Boggess says investigators believe at least one victim knew those charged.

He says police are still trying to determine a motive. Boggess says the investigation is “far from over,” and police want to interview more people.

Victims in Thursday’s shootings were identified as 43-year-old Jay Michael Sowders, 35-year-old Robert D. Smith Jr. and 18-year-old Christopher Carie. A fourth victim, 35-year-old Carmen R. Vanegas, was wounded.

Jay Michael Sowders, left, and Christopher Carie. The third murder victim, Robert D. Smith Jr., was black.