Lydia Blanche Cassady, 39, was found shot and killed on January 5, 2022, at the Lauren Drive home in Nicholasville, Kentucky, where she lived with her boyfriend. The Jessamine County Coroner’s Office identified her death as a fatal shooting connected to domestic violence; friends and family said she had been in an abusive relationship and was preparing to leave her long-time partner with plans to take her two children. She had told a friend the month before that she intended to leave Kenneth Strange.

Law enforcement named 54-year-old Kenneth Strange as the suspect and the Nicholasville Police Department charged him with murder and tampering with physical evidence. After the killing he fled, was described as armed and dangerous, and was believed to have left in a black Dodge Ram, possibly later using a black 2019 Jeep Renegade belonging to another woman who might have been with him. Lydia was remembered by those who knew her as a devoted mother, a talented baker and a creative person who loved the outdoors and horses.

If anyone knew Lydia, her movements before January 5, 2022, or has information about the suspect or the vehicles mentioned, please come forward.