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Anthony W. Hargis, 36, was found shot to death outside the apartment where he lived on a property off Highway 1590 in Albany, Kentucky, on Monday, November 24, 2014. The property owner’s son discovered the scene that afternoon; investigators believed Hargis had been shot multiple times with a handgun. Hargis worked as a caretaker on the property.

Kentucky State Police identified two men in the investigation: 38-year-old James D. Polston and 22-year-old Randall L. Wilkinson. Wilkinson was captured after attempting to flee on foot the day after the killing. Polston barricaded himself inside a house trailer during a standoff that lasted more than two hours; after tear gas was deployed, officers located him inside and he was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A 19-year-old woman, Desirea Riddle, was also arrested at the scene.

A Clinton County grand jury later returned indictments in February 2015 alleging Wilkinson robbed Hargis’s body, tampered with evidence and possessed a handgun as a convicted felon, while Desirea P. Riddle was indicted for hindering prosecution or apprehension and for fleeing police on foot. Does anyone have information about Hargis’s last day or about activity on that property that could help investigators?