Court documents reveal new details about the victim and the suspects in a deadly home invasion earlier this week in Rockcastle County.
The body of Mary Alice Hinton, 86, was found late Tuesday night inside of her home on Red Hill Road in Livingston.
Kimberly Slusher, 35, and Tabitha Howard, 30, are accused of killing Hinton. They face several charges, including murder, robbery, and burglary.
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According to arrest citations, around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hinton was assaulted inside of her home during a robbery and she “died from apparent blunt force trauma”. Her body was found about five hours later.
On Wednesday afternoon, State Police said they tracked Slusher and Howard, identified in court documents as “girlfriends”, to Copper Creek Road, where the women took off into a wooded area. Troopers said a K-9 found the two hiding in a briar thicket and bit both of the women.
Investigators said the pair admitted to using drugs, earlier in the day.
Slusher and Howard are also charged with fleeing and evading police, public intoxication, and resisting arrest.
“We didn’t want revenge. We wanted justice and I think justice is being served,” the victim’s nephew, Danny Hinton told LEX 18’s Josh Breslow on Thursday. “The neighborhood is a little bit safer. They won’t be doing this to anybody else. That’s comforting.”
Family members describe Mary Alice Hinton as a kind, sweet, and trusting woman. They said she couldn’t see or hear very well and she used a walker to get around, but she was independent and lived alone.”[Slusher] said that when she was 7 years old, Mary made her some cupcakes,” Danny Hinton said. “Maybe that’s how she found out that Mary lived alone and now she’s progressed so far along that nothing bothered her anymore and it’s easy pickens.”
“Mary wasn’t one to hold a grudge,” said Monnie Leap, the victim’s great niece. “She would’ve forgiven them. She would have.”
