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 Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 1994

Police at the time said Caudill shot his brother after an argument. He then shot his mother dead when she got home later that night

Caudill, now 43, was released in 2020 after serving 27 years in prison but was arrested again in 2023 for violating his parole

Police now say that just four months after his release, Caudill murdered Blake France, 41, and Anthony Garret, 43, before burning down a home in Elizabethtown

He is charged with first degree arson, two counts murder, tampering with evidence, wanton endangerment, robbery and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon

Dustin Caudill, [photo], who served 27 of his 30 year in prison sentence for killing his mother and little brother, 30 years ago, has been charged with double-homicide and arson just four months after his release

A murderer who convicted for killing his mother and brother as a teenager, now aged 43 has been arrested for killing two more people just four months after finishing his sentence, police say.  
In April 1994, Dustin Caudill at the age of 15, was charged with killing his mother, 33-year-old Karen Caudill, and his 10-year-old younger brother, Nicholas, in Brandenburg in Meade County.
Police at the time said Caudill shot his brother after an argument. When his mother got home later that night, he then shot her as well. 
Caudill, now 43, spent a total of 27 years in prison.
After initially serving 24 years in prison he was released on April 1, 2020. He was back in prison on May 11, 2023 for violating his parole, before he was last released on July 1, 2024.
However, just four months after his release, Caudill murdered Blake France, 41, and Anthony Garret, 43, before burning down a home in Elizabethtown, Police now said.

Dustin Caudill was 15 when he was arrested in Elizabethtown for shooting dead his mother Karen Caudill, 33, and his 10-year-old brother Nicholas, 10, after an argument in 1994. The baby-faced teen bundled into a police cruiser, now sports a heavily tattooed face  

The victims were found shot dead inside the burned home, leading police to launch an investigation into both arson and murder.
Witnesses said they saw a gold pickup truck leaving the murders scene which led them to Caudill.
The killer was found at a nearby motel and was seen getting rid of a gun, according to police. 

Anthony Garrett [left], and Blake France were found shot dead inside a burned home, in Elizabethtown, KY. Dustin Caudill ‘specifically admitted to shooting the victims and intentionally setting fire to the residence,’ cops said. He also admitted to attempting to shoot a third victim on the day

Caudill ‘specifically admitted to shooting the victims and intentionally setting fire to the residence,’ according to Elizabethtown police spokesperson Chris Denham.
Cops allege that the suspect confessed to stealing the victims’ wallets and throwing them away at a gas station, as well as trying to shoot a third person. 
Caudill is charged with one count of arson to the first degree, two counts of murder, one count of tampering with physical evidence, one count of wanton endangerment to the first degree, one count of robbery to the first degree and one count of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.
Cops have yet to share a possible motive for the latest spate of killings.  

Dustin Caudill murdered Blake France and Anthony Garret, who were found shot dead inside the burned home in Elizabethtown, prompting the investigation into both arson and murder

Back in 1994, Caudill claimed his mother smoked marijuana and beat him, adding his family was always ‘jumping on him and beating on him.’
Caudill told police that on the night of the murders he ‘just snapped.’
‘We was playing some cards and we was talking and then he started acting stupid. He just started acting like a little brother,’ the teenager told police of the moments before he killed his little brother.