On March 21, 2022, deputies in rural Saline County, Kansas, responded to a welfare check at 554 West Parsons Road after a friend reported a troubling social media post about 50-year-old Laurie Leanne Likins. Deputies arrived around 5:50 PM and encountered a broken window and blood inside the home. They were met outside by 55-year-old Brent Allen Spainhour, who told them Likins was dead inside.

Inside the residence, deputies found Laurie Likins deceased from an apparent gunshot wound and two dogs also dead from gunshot wounds. Spainhour was taken into custody at the scene and was booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges of first-degree murder and cruelty to animals. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation Crime Scene Response Team assisted the investigation, and authorities said they were not seeking any other suspects.

If anyone knew Laurie, Brent Spainhour, or has information about what happened at that address on March 21, 2022, please come forward.