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In the spring of 1986 Lexington, Kentucky, a brutal murder spree ended with five people dead on April 23, 1986. One of the victims was 47-year-old Jimmy Roger Keene. The attackers were described as two young women, LaFonda Fay Foster and Tina Marie Powell, who were reported to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol and to have long criminal histories.

The rampage included stabbings, gunshots to the head, and victims run over by a car. Keene and two other victims were left inside a vehicle that was later set on fire. The other victims named were Carlos Kearns, 73, his wife Virginia Kearns, 45, Trudy Harrell, 59, and Theodore Sweet, 52.

Foster and Powell were arrested the next day and in February 1987 a Fayette Circuit Court jury convicted both of five counts of first-degree murder. Foster was initially sentenced to death and Powell to life; Foster’s death sentence was later commuted in 1991 to life without parole. Does anyone have additional details about Keene’s life or last known movements before April 23, 1986?