Kevin Maurice Estes

Kevin Maurice Estes was a 22-year-old Hispanic/Latino male from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and a father to two young children, a daughter named Remmington and an infant son, Ramello. His mother, Amy Irwin, later described his killing as an act of "unnecessary violence," noting that his children would now have to grow up without their father.

On the evening of Thursday, August 17, 2023, Estes was cutting grass in the yard of a home in the 1200 block of South Woodland Drive in Radcliff. Around 7:30 p.m., a call reported shots fired and a person down. Estes’s mother and 16-year-old brother ran to his side. "After holding my child after he was shot, and begging him not to leave me, I never want to stay in that home," Irwin later said. A Radcliff police officer arrived on the scene within two minutes of the call, but it was too late. Estes was pronounced dead in the yard from multiple gunshot wounds.

The investigation began immediately in the quiet neighborhood, which was situated between two community ballparks and behind an elementary school. Radcliff Police Chief Jeff Cross confirmed that the shooting was not a drive-by. In the days that followed, authorities released an image from a doorbell camera showing a silver Chevrolet Malibu that was seen speeding away from the area after the shooting and asked for the public's help in locating it.

At the time of his death, online records indicated that Estes was on parole for a 2019 incident involving second-degree armed robbery and drug-related offenses. Investigators also noted a potential, though unconfirmed, link to another recent crime. A suspect arrested in an unrelated double homicide that occurred in Radcliff a month prior had reportedly been living at the same South Woodland Drive home where Estes was killed. However, law enforcement did not comment on whether the two cases were connected.

As of September 2023, no suspects had been publicly identified in Kevin Estes's murder, and no arrests had been made. The case remains unsolved. Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Radcliff Police Department.