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Hardin County jury found Caudill guilty but mentally ill in double-homicide arson case

A Hardin County jury found Dustin Caudill, then 47, of Elizabethtown, guilty but mentally ill after about two hours of deliberation.

Caudill stood trial in connection with the October 30, 2024, killings of Blake France, 41, of Greenville, and Anthony Garrett, 43, of Elizabethtown, and a fire at the home.

Prosecutors and the defense finished presenting their cases on Monday, October 26, 2026, before jurors began deliberating.

Details of the individual counts, any sentence and a sentencing date were unconfirmed as of October 27, 2026.

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