Woman, 2 dogs found dead in rural Kansas home; man arrested

SALINA, Kan. (AP) – Authorities say the live-in boyfriend of a woman found shot to death, along with her two dogs, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Deputies were called Monday evening to the home just a couple of miles south of Salina to check on the well-being of a person there and found 50-year-old Laurie Leanne Likins and two dogs dead.

All had been shot.

Deputies arrested 55-year-old Brent Allen Spainhour, who also lived at the home.

He was being held without bail on suspicion of first-degree murder and animal cruelty.