Women Killed As Children Hid

(Rineyville, Kentucky) Three children, ages 9, 5 and 18 months, heard gunshots in their home on Monday night and hid. Around noon on Tuesday, the children came out of hiding and 911 was called. Police subsequently found two dead women, 31-year-old Tracy Burke and 53-year-old Karen Comer.

State police said they still aren't exactly sure what happened because their only witnesses may be a 9-year-old and his young siblings -- who were hidden until Tuesday afternoon.

"We received a 911 call at the state police post from a child who was upset who had said that last night, he heard some noises in his house -- what he thought was gunshots. He was scared and concerned," said state Trooper Steve Pavey.

Investigators said they spoke with Comer's husband and examined his truck. They said, however, that they had no reason to believe at this time that the slayings were a domestic incident.

The dead women had lived in the home and are presumed to be related to the children. The Lincoln Trail Crisis Intervention Team is helping the children. Police have no suspects and no motive thus far.

Rineyville is a few miles southwest of the Fort Knox U.S. Army base.