Well, our top story tonight,
front and center,
forced to listen to still grievg
families long after their loved
ones were put in his care.
It's our top story on the WHAS 11/19.
And today in a Clark County courtroom,
Funeral Home owner Randy Langfo,
accused of mishandling bodies,
learned that he would not be
serving any jail time in this c.
WHAS 11 Nineteen's Connor Steffen and
photojournalist Ian Hardwy havee
on the emotional testimony befoe
the judge announced the decisio.
Former Jeffersonville Funeral He
Director Randy Langford sitting face to
face for the first time with some of the
families who accuse him of mishandling
the bodies of their loved ones.t
yourself in my shoes, Mr. Langf.
What if this were your only son?
Can you imagine?
The last time you got to see yor
child was an almost completely
decomposed thing because the pen
you had dressed me with was negligent
For one future funeral director
to a licensed funeral director,
I cannot imagine.
Doing this to people who put her trust in
you at such a delicate time in their life,
no person should ever be
treated in this manner,
especially one of our country's veterans.
Susie is so much more than body.
Well, he said, expressionless.
Through all 7 victim statements,
Langford later offered up words of remorse.
I want you to know that there's
not a day that goes by that
I do not regret my decisions,
that I don't regret the actions.
That I displayed
Langford's Funeral Home became e
site of a multi agency rate in July of
last year as officers in hazmat suits
recovered 31 bodies from the building
along with sixteen sets of crem.
The business was shut down immediately.
You can see the sign that one
said Langford Funeral Home is nw
covered up in black spray paint.
On the other side sits a for sale sign.
Now with the sentencing Langfors
fuel director's license.
Has also been revoked.
After a year of jail time.
He faces a one year sentence to house
arrest and three years of proba.
A sense of injustice that's
hard to ignore for Southern
Indiana attorney Larry Wilder.
And I think that sadly, there is
no way to make things better.
He's representing 18 of the affd
families in a class action lawsuit. I
don't think that's very justifi.
That includes Samantha Lynn.
We're talking about like dead.
We're talking about bodies here,
like real bodies here.
After losing her mom last June,
she sought link for.
Services after the sentencing,
what do you feel?
What's the the morale, The sens?
I feel pretty upset, pretty angry. I mean,
he was literally letting these bodies rot.
And I just feel like that shoule
like a jail sentences, not a probation.
Lankford said it was not an intentional act.
Rather, he became overwhelmed ad
struggled to keep up with the business.
But for the families,
intentional or not, those actios
have deeply permanent consequen.
I am permanently damaged.
I will never forget what
I had to see a witness.
Because of your actions
in Jeffersonville, Connor
staff and the WHAS 1119
on your side.
While criminal proceedings appear to be over,
at least twenty families
are still suing Langford,
saying they were given the wrong remains.
He's also scheduled to appear in
court again for a restitution
hearing on September 20th.
A man is recovering after shooting at
the Mid City Mall parking lot overnight.
Police say just before 1:00 this morning
they responded to the shooting n
Bardstown Road right in the Highlands.
When officers arrived,
they found a man who had been s.
He was alert and talking while
being taken to the hospital,
where he's expected to survive.
Police say anyone with informatn
is encouraged to call their
detectives to help them out.
574 LMPD. Well take a good look.
Range Rovers, Corvettes,
a Bentley, even a Maserati.
What a collection.
This is what LMP D6 Division detectives have
recovered and they are sitting in the city.
Impound lot $3.1 million worth
of stolen cars,
even an RV.
Police say the recovered vehicles were
part of a operation involving sn
vehicles from all around the na.
The recovered vehicles range
from sports cars to boats.
Police say several people were
charged in the operation and tht
the investigation remains open,
meaning more charges could
be coming in the future.
The 6th Division from LMPD
covers Audubon Park, Edgewood,
Stitzelberg and Camp Taylor.
Today, a warning,
and it's a new one.
Some businesses say they've had
reports of women being drugged d
even sexually assaulted at bars.
If you take a look at your scre,
you can see the post that
is going viral right now.
We blurred the picture in the
name since the person has not
been identified yet as a suspec.
However,
they are accused of aggressively
targeting intoxicated women,
switching drinks with them
in an attempt to drug them,
and potentially sexually assault them.
We also spoke to the Fox Den an.
Matthew's off camera.
They told us they're aware of
this post and the person they sy
they are making sure they keep a
close eye out for this individu.
Some patrons attending bars arod
the area told us the report is
making them extra cautious.
And I think maybe if somebody yu
know is going to get up for a we
and they're going to maybe leave their seat,
like maybe that,
like bartenders to keep an eye ,
like their drinker or just any
suspicious activity really.
Global Metro Police are aware
of the Post and the person.
They say they're investigating this incident.
Meantime, St.
Matthews Police tell us they're
aware of the post as well,
but they don't believe any barsn
their jurisdiction are mentione.
For the first time we are hearig
and watching the woman clear to
the Shively Animal Clinic shootg
explain what led her to fire the
fatal shot that killed employee TJ Taylor.
A grand jury ruled that she shon
self-defense and she is not cha.
And now tonight,
we have her interrogation by Shively police.
On the day of the shooting,
the Commonwealth Attorney's
Office is Trent Taylor.
The 21 year old who was killed
was the initial aggressor.
The office points to video surveillance
that you're seeing on your screen now.
During the interrogation,
the woman gives a detailed account of
what happened on Mother's Day, May 14th.
She admits that her emotions were high
because she wanted answers about her dog.
As Bobby Mcswine shows us,
she says she didn't expect the
altercation to turn deadly.
So Mary's deceased.
Several minutes of sobs and labored breaths.
After the woman accused of shooting 21 year
old Trent Taylor in May learned he died,
Taylor was an employee at the Shively Animal
Clinic where the shooting took place.
This video providing a look inte
Commonwealth's Attorney's decisn
to not press charges WHAS 11 is
blurring her face and not usingr
name because she was not indict.
She starts by explaining that her dog was
sick and she took him back to the clinic
after unsuccessful results The first time
I came back on Saturday
and I'm like. Emergency.
She says the clinic told her thy
would keep the dog overnight.
She agreed and acts as she could call
during the night after being tod
the clinic operated 24 hours a .
She's my motion spraying.
I have PTSD bipolar and PTSD
bipolar and severe inside. Havig
not gotten an answer all night,
the woman, anxious now says she calls
at 7:30 in the morning and somee
answered and hung up without providing
an update on her dog's conditio.
She says at 9:30 she called
again and was told that.
Her doctor would be in touch.
Around 4:30, she says she got a
call saying her dog was ready
for pickup in the after hours.
Fee was $150.00.
The clinic closes at 4:30 on Sundays,
the day in question. So
I'm getting there.
I'm visibly upset at this point.
I'm not yelling, streaming,
but I'm physically upset,
she says. She was then told
she would have to wait an
hour for her dog's release.
Frustrated, but she says,
still speaking calmly. She says.
She tells the woman in scrubs
that she wants her dog and she
wasn't paying for the service
because she wasn't happy. With .
And she was like, we're going to
call the shot of the post department.
I said please call them, call them now. After
that, she says the staff started
discussing the situation and she stuck
her foot in the doorway to hear them.
So I'm sitting in the doorway,
bloody comes up, she pushes me.
I said she just put her hands o.
So my wife is like,
who put the hands on you?
Like, calm down, calm down. She
says Taylor pushed her again,
and that's when her wife got involved.
After that altercation,
video shows Taylor running outs,
then coming back to swipe at the shooter's
purse while she was rummaging through it.
The couple then goes toward the. Door.
And that's when she says Taylors
her with the traffic cone and ae
and begins fighting with her wi.
At this point, I'm going to defend us.
I'm going, I'm going to shoot because you,
you just beat down both of us.
You just beat down the both of .
I didn't threaten anybody before that.
I didn't pull my gun out,
she tells the detective.
She also didn't tell anyone she
had a gun and it was hidden
in her purse. Minutes later,
she demonstrates how she shot Taylor.
He's beaten out of her,
beating her to the wall.
So I'm grabbing.
I'm standing this way like the chair.
I'm grabbing her up like this,
trying to pull her away from hi.
And then I just, I just hurry up
and did because I didn't know.
Like I panicked.
I didn't know what else to show.
Was it close range when you did?
It was close range,
she says she and her wife were left with.
Bruises and cuts on their faces
in Louisville. Bobby Mcswine,
The WHAS 1119 On your side?
You may have seen it.
We talked to Trent Taylor's
dad in a Oneonone interview
this week on WHAS 11 News.
He told us his son should
have never died over a dog,
that he was trying to protect
His coworkers and stepmother,
who also works there.
Lawyer David Mauer,
says he will file a civil suit.