Trooper Jody Sims with the State Police in Hazard said they were notified at 11:35 a.m. that shots had been fired in the Mount Carmel area. When they arrived at the trailer park, they heard a shot and found Neace dead. Some neighbors, including Steve Smith, said that Stanley Neace was a drug dealer, but he had no record that was apparent Saturday. Breahitt County prosecutor Brendon Miller told the Associated Press that his dealings with Neace came on nonviolent issues involving child support. Stanley Neace also was in Miller's office a month ago regarding a traffic ticket. Landlord Ray Rastegar said Neace received monthly disability checks from the Social Security Administration, though he didn't know what his disability was. Rastegar told the AP that he had begun the process of evicting Neace, who had lived in the trailer park for about seven years, because he had become increasingly hostile toward neighbors in recent months. "He was unpredictable," Rastegar told the AP. "Little things would set him off." Irene Kilburn, a niece of Tammy Kilborn (they spell their last names differently), said Tammy took care of her husband, J.D., who has lung cancer. She was the kind of woman who would do anything to help another person, Irene Kilburn said. "She didn't care if she had to go 100 miles out of her way. If she could help you, she would." One of Tammy Kilborn's daughters, Natasha Leggett, was visiting her mother and left just before the rampage started. She struggled to control her emotions as she talked with a reporter. "I just want to bust everything in here," she said. There were stories flying all over Breathitt County about what started it all, but no one was sure. The Associated Press reported Sherri Anne Robinson, 17, who was Fugate's half-sister and Turner's cousin, said she was told Stanley Neace became enraged because Sandra Neace cooked his eggs in a way that displeased him. Late Saturday, Sims, assistant public affairs officer for the Hazard State Police post, said he had not heard that. State police have not established a motive. Irene Kilburn said she heard the Neaces were fighting about money, and some of the other victims owed Stanley Neace money. George Griffith, Breathitt County coroner, said it was clear Stanley Neace was mad at his wife, but added that he didn't know why. "He just went plumb off," Griffith said. Regardless of the motive, the shooting left neighbors and relatives stunned. "The way they was telling us he went from door to door, basically it was a massacre," Irene Kilburn said. |