The pastor accused in the murders of three people at a Boyle County pawn store appeared in court for a status hearing on Tuesday.
Kenneth Allen Keith is accused in the murders of Mike and Angela Hockensmith, as well as their client, Daniel Smith at ABC Gold, Games and More in 2013. The crime occurred while the Hockensmiths’ two children hid inside.
Keith was initially represented by attorney Mark Stanziano. In a tragic and bizarre twist, Mark Stanziano was gunned down outside his office in downtown Somerset in July of 2014. In the following months, Mark Stanziano’s wife and law partner, Bethany, took up Keith’s case. Shortly after, Bethany Stanziano told the judge that she could not effectively provide counsel for Keith because she didn’t have the necessary experience for a death penalty case and that she was still grieving her husband’s death.
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Keith now has a court-appointed attorney.
In court Tuesday, Keith didn’t say a word during the two or three minutes the judge took to decide a date to hear the change of venue arguments.
Those arguments will be brought before the judge on August 29th at 9:00 a.m.
