A fire call in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in the early morning hours of October 30, 2024, revealed two men dead inside a residence in the 500 block of Henon Lane. The victims were identified as 41-year-old Blake Colby France and 43-year-old Anthony Garrett. Investigators determined both men had suffered gunshot wounds and that the fire had been intentionally set to conceal the crime.

Witnesses saw a gold pickup truck leave the scene, which led police to a local motel where the same vehicle was found on surveillance. Officers say the footage shows 45-year-old Dustin M. Caudill disposing of a handgun; items belonging to France and Garrett were recovered from his motel room. Caudill reportedly confessed to shooting the two men, taking their wallets, and setting the house on fire. He faces multiple charges including two counts of murder, arson, robbery, tampering with evidence, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, and wanton endangerment.

Caudill’s criminal history reported that, at age 15 in 1994, he killed his mother and younger brother, was convicted and sentenced to 40 years, and was released on parole in February 2020. If anyone knew Blake France or has information about the events of October 30, please come forward.