LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Friends of the two women who were found shot on the side of the road in rural Bullitt County asked the public for help locating those responsible.
Katelyn Rayman, 25, was found dead at the scene.
Kristin Longaker, a 27-year-old woman from the Highview neighborhood in Louisville, was taken to the hospital. On Wednesday, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office said Longaker died from a gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon.
The sheriff's office said they are looking for a silver 2002 Hyundai Elantra with Kentucky plates that read 579-AMN. They said whoever is in the car should be considered armed and dangerous, and should not be approached. If located, BCSO said to call local law enforcement immediately.
The women were found just after 8 a.m. Monday in 1700 block of Pitts Point Road.
That's in rural Bullitt County, right outside of Shepherdsville.
Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said Rayman lived in Brooks, which is about 10 miles north of where they were found.
"I just don't see what Katelyn could have done that's so bad for her to lose her life," said Destiney Morris, a close friend of Katelyn's. "She's not that type of person."
Morris, who also knows Kristin Longaker, said she isn't sure what could have led to this.
"I was thinking like they were with the wrong crowd," Morris said. "Katelyn makes friends easy. She's lovable and is a loving person. So, if someone wants to hang out, she's quick to go hang out with them."
Morris wondered if it was wrong place at the wrong time.
"It has to be because why would someone kill them and dump them? It doesn't make sense to me. I can't wrap my head around it," said Morris.
Billings said the women were found by people who live on Pitts Point Road, just a few hundred yards from where they were located.
He said the bodies were found two feet from the side of the road in a flat area and weren't concealed at all.
"I have other friends, but not, there's never going to be anybody like Katelyn," Morris said. "She put a lot of people first and she dealt with a lot too, but she never would just put people to the side. She always put them first."
Darrell Samuels, who lives about five miles from where the women were found, said he was shocked something like this would happen so close to his home.
He also was surprised when he heard who the victims were because he actually hired Rayman for a job at a care facility in 2019.
"It was very disturbing," Samuels said. "How could somebody come out and do this to a 25-year-old? She had a whole life ahead of her. May God be with the family. All we can do is pray."
Rayman and Longaker's friends ask that anyone with information come forward and report it to the police.
Contact the Bullitt County Sheriff's E-911 Dispatch at 502-543-7074, the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office Crime Tip Line at 502-543-1262 or email tips to crimetip@bcky.org.
Morris said the person is driving Longaker's car, which is the silver 2002 Hyundai Elantra law enforcement is looking for.
Again, if you do see that car, law enforcement officials said do not approach it. Call 911 or report it to the police immediately because the sheriff's office said you should consider anyone inside the car armed and dangerous
A GoFundMe for Rayman has been posted to help with funeral expenses.
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