Stephen Laird Steve Craven, 38, was found dead in the basement of his Edgewood, Kentucky home on July 12, 2000. The scene showed extreme blunt-force trauma — about a dozen blows with a blunt object — followed by three gunshot wounds to the head from a .38-caliber handgun.

Investigators determined the killing was planned: Stephen’s wife, Adele Craven, was having an affair with handyman Rusty McIntire. Prosecutors say Adele and McIntire conspired to hire a third man, construction worker Ron Pryor, offering about $15,000. On the morning of the murder, with the Craven children away, McIntire and Pryor went to the house; Pryor hid in the basement, Adele lured Stephen downstairs, Pryor struck him with a crowbar, and when he was still alive Adele supplied a .38-caliber gun that Pryor used to shoot him. McIntire later confessed, led police to bloody clothing that DNA tied to Stephen, and ballistics linked bullets to the victim’s wounds.

All three were arrested and convicted for their parts in the killing. Did anyone in Edgewood see signs of trouble in the Craven marriage before July 2000, or have information about the people involved?