On the evening of December 5, 2022, Kenneth David Sauer Jr., 28, and a friend, 24-year-old Jimy Mejias, were found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the Arthur Street Hotel in Old Louisville. Officers arrived at about 7:15 p.m.; Mejias was taken to UofL Hospital and died there, while Sauer was pronounced dead at the scene. Neither man was a guest at the hotel.

Surveillance footage in the subsequent investigation reportedly showed one of the suspects searching Sauer’s car after moving his body. A 31-year-old man was later arrested in connection with the killings, though authorities had not publicly released that person’s name at the time of these reports. The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit appealed to the public for information.

Kenneth was described by family as deeply spiritual and close to friends and family. He enjoyed UofL basketball, tattoos, snowboarding, travel, shoes, and 90s Nickelodeon cartoons. Does anyone have information about that night or saw anything in the Arthur Street Hotel area on December 5, 2022?