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Updated: 12:04 PM Feb 3, 2010
UPDATE: Two Arrested in Double Carter County Murder; Not Guilty Pleas
Police arrested two men Friday evening in the murders of Virginia Massard and Joseph Cox of Carter County.
Posted: 8:44 PM Nov 20, 2009Reporter: Randy Yohe Email Address: randy.yohe@wsaz.com |
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UPDATE 2/3
GRAYSON, Ky (WSAZ) -- Two men have pleaded not guilty for their alleged roles in a double murder last November in Carter County.

A grand jury indicted David Cauldill on two counts of murder; Richard Tomlin was charged with one count of receiving stolen property.
Back in November, Kentucky State Police found the bodies of Virginia Massard, 49, and Joseph Cox, 27, inside a home along Mocabbe Creek in Carter County. Both had been shot to death
Investigators have not released a motive for the killings.
The two men entered their not guilty pleas earlier this week in Carter County Circuit Court.
Tomlin was originally charge with being an accomplice to the murders, but those charges were dropped.
No word on when the two will be back in court
UPDATE from 6pm Friday 11/20
CARTER COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Police arrested two men Friday evening in the murders of Virginia Massard and Joseph Cox of Carter County.
A neighbor, David Joe Caudill, 33, faces two murder charges, and Richard M. Tomlin Jr. is charged as an accomplice. Tomlin, 48, was charged with two counts of complicity to commit murder and one count of receiving stolen property (a motor vehicle).
Police and Massard's widower Jerry Massard say the murders happened last weekend while Jerry was away from his Mocabee Creek home.
On Monday, Virginia Massard and a family friend Joseph Cox were found shot and killed inside the home.
Police say Caudill already is in jail after he was found driving the Massards' SUV and found with a handgun that belonged to Jerry Massard.
Police have charged Tomlin with complicity to commit murder and receiving stolen property. Detectives say Tomlin was with Caudill in the Massard's stolen SUV.
Caudill and Tomlin both remain in jail. Their arraignments will take place next week.
There's also another murder probe from the north side of Carter County where Doug Fannin was found shot to death on his Anglin Branch Road property last Monday.
Detectives say the two cases are not related. As of Friday evening, there had been no arrests in that case.
UPDATE @ 7:15pm
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) -- David Caudill has been charged with the following additional charges, according to a Kentucky State Police news release:
- Receiving stolen property (firearm)
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
- Persistent felony offender (second degree)
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Kentucky State Police arrested a man they say was driving the car of one of the people murdered in Carter County on Monday.
Troopers say David Caudill, 33, of Carter County, was in possession of Virginia Massard's car when he was arrested in Olive Hill.
Caudill has been charged with receiving stolen property, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, operating on a suspended license and a warrant for flagrant non-support.
He is being held in the Carter county Detention Center.
Virginia Massard, 49, and Joseph Cox, 27, were found inside a home in Mocabee Creek Monday morning.
Kentucky State Police also tell WSAZ.com that both people had been shot. No word on when they were killed.
Troopers are not saying if Caudill is connected to the murders.
Autopsies on the victims are scheduled for Tuesday.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the very latest information.
ORIGINAL STORY
CARTER COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- A double homicide has occurred in the Mocabee Creek area of Carter County, according to a Monday news release from Kentucky State Police in Ashland.
Virginia Massard, 49, and Joseph Cox, 27, were found inside a home in Mocabee Creek.
State Police are working with the Carter County Commonwealth attorney in the investigation.
More information is expected to be released after autopsies on the victims.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information.
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R I P Virginia...........We Love You. Dave and Kathy
I can't why god could take away such a good person. she was always the a caring person. she gave birth and i was his aunt and when he was taken from us way to soon she got me through a very bad time telling me that he was with the lord, i know ,she is with him in heaven i love them both and i will see them in heaven when my time has come but that don't mean i don't miss them i fell so bad for her husband, and family, i wish i could be there but i got the flu and did'nt want to get anyone sick i love you all please remeber i am there in spirt love sherry witten [aunt sherry} love you all.
THAT WAS MY AUNT AN THE GODMOTHER TO MY 2 1/2YR OLD SON, I want more then just answer's i shared my life with knowing i could talk to her an now every one want's to know why did they have to hurt her!
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