Kentucky gay couple found slain

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Arrest

            made in stabbing deaths of Kentucky gay couple
 Outtraveler Staff
          
          Mar 29, 2006
          
        
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       One suspect is in
            custody and another is still at large in the slaying
            Friday morning of a gay male couple in Louisville, Ky.
            Charles       Poynter, 43, died of multiple stab wounds, and
            his house was set on fire;       his 73-year-old partner,
            Blaine Thackery, was also killed.
                   Police suspect 26-year-old Dale Moneypenny, who
            has yet to be       apprehended, and his alleged accomplice,
            Jennifer Lynn Smith, who is in       police custody. She's
            charged with two counts of murder, robbery, and       arson.
                   Police say she provided the lighter that
            Moneypenny used to set Poynter's       duplex on fire. Her
            first hearing is set for April 6. (Sirius OutQ News)     

        
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