KY - Charles Eapmon, 32, & Carolyn Tomlinson, 28, murdered, Erlanger, 6 April 2016

Carolyn Ann Tomlinson, 28, and Charles Douglas Eapmon, 32, were found dead Tuesday morning in a home on Merravay Drive, police say.

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"Elsmere police, in conjunction with Kenton County police, are investigating two dead bodies," Sanders said. "We're going to wait for an autopsy to confirm the cause of death, but right now, the investigation is being treated as a homicide or, should I say, two homicides."

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Family members found the victims at about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

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Kenton County’s commonwealth attorney said investigators shouldn’t rule out a connection between a double homicide in Elsmere, Kentucky and the mass shooting of eight family members in Pike County, Ohio.

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Authorities are exploring every angle in the case of Carolyn Ann Tomlinson and Charles Douglas Eapmon, according to Rob Sanders. The couple was found dead inside their home on April 8.

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Eapmon served time in prison and had a criminal history involving narcotics trafficking, according to Sanders.

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Authorities have not said how Eapmon and Tomlinson died. Their bodies were reportedly discovered by family members living in the Merravay Drive home. Tomlinson had four children.

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Everyday Grace said:

Well poo.

The correct date for the header should be 6 April 2016. Working to get that corrected.

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CSIDreamer said:

Thanks for starting!!!

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tlsmi said:

http://m.wlwt.com/news/elsmere-double-homicide-victims-had-juxtaposed-pasts/38937766

Another article. Curious that Carolyn also worked at a care facility/nursing home. Eapmon was sentenced to 18 yrs and got out in less than 4 yrs?

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State sentencing guidelines allowed Eapmon to qualify for parole after serving 20 percent of his sentence.

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Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force agents seized a half million dollars-worth or prescription drugs during an execution of search warrants.

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During the course of the investigation, agents seized approximately 16,000 doses of Oxycodone, a generic form of the pain killer Oxycontin.

Agents arrested James Eapmon, 24, of Crittenden; Charles Douglas Eapmon, 26, of Erlanger; Nathaniel Hurtt, 25, of Florence, and a male juvenile. All are charged with trafficking in a controlled substance. This offense is a Class C Felony punishable by up to ten years imprisonment.

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Everyday Grace said:

No problem. Other than my stupid error.

Figured we need this to keep confusion down (lol) on the Pike County OH murders.

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Tulessa said:

We all have done it. Thanks for starting this Grace. So they are not ruling out a connection with the Ohio eight? SMH.

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Ann99 said:

http://www.rcnky.com/articles/2013/08/21/convicted-man-who-tried-lure-teen-sex-others

(At link, scroll to second story. Headline about lurking teens is not about this case.)

Story about Biddle leads to Eapmon.
curious that Biddle was in California.


RCN: Thomas Biddle could be going away for quite a while aftre pleading guilty to a litany of charges, including trafficking in oxycodone, being a persistent felony offender, bail jumping, escape, tampering with a prisoner monitoring device, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In all he faces up to 35 years in prison. What did Biddle do?

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SANDERS: Thomas Biddle was part of an Organized Crime case investigated by the NKY Drug Strike Force back in 2010. Biddle worked for a drug dealer named Doug Eapmon who was selling illegal pain pills via a large network of "sub-contractors" who sold the pills in Boone and Kenton Counties. Eapmon and several other defendants pled guilty and were sent off to prison long ago. While the case was pending, Biddle was out of jail but ordered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet monitored by the Kenton County Detention Center and on "home incarceration." Facing a very likely conviction given the fact he was recorded on video selling pills, Biddle decided to flee the area rather than go to prison. He cut off his ankle monitor and left his home incarceration on December 20, 2010. He then failed to appear in court for his next hearing later the same day.

Biddle was believed to have fled to the West Coast where he was known to have relatives but could not be found until April, 2013, when he was arrested in California. Biddle was extradited back to Kentucky. One August 12, 2013 Biddle pled guilty to two counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1st Degree as well as the Escape, Tampering with a Prison Monitoring Device, and Bailjumping charges he picked up when he absconded. Asst. Commonwealth's Attorney Casey Burns is recommending a total of 20 years in prison for all the charges. Biddle is scheduled for final sentencing before Kenton Circuit Judge Patricia Summe onSeptember 24, 2013.

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SurfieTX said:

I wonder how old the Tomlinson's children are and where they were at the time of the murders?

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While she worries about the safety of her family and her neighbors, O'Donnell is also thinking about the children removed from the home where Tomlinson and Eapmon were found.

"The kids they were always outside playing. Always outside having fun. It didn't matter what time day or night it was, they was always outside playing. And I know the oldest. My heart goes out to her, it really does ... I couldn't imagine what they're going through right now."

It appears at least three children lived in the home.

A neighbor told WLWT News 5 investigative reporter Todd Dykes she watched as the kids' grandmother took them safely away from what must have been a grisly scene.

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