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Former school nurse released on bail in Mississippi murder case, husband and daughter remain in prison

From left to right: Caitlin Spence, Jeffrey Spence and Karen Spence. The three family members are accused of murdering Kirby Carpenter. Mugshots provided by the US Marshals Service.

RIPLEY, Miss (EYT) — One of three former Jefferson County residents charged in the murder of Mississippi businessman Kirby Carpenter was released on bail during a hearing Tuesday at the Tippah County Courthouse in Mississippi.

Karen Spence, a former Clarion-Limestone High School nurse, was released on $150,000 bail on the condition that she wear a GPS ankle bracelet and surrender her passport.

Her husband Jeffrey Spence and her daughter Caitlin Spence were again denied bail.

Kirby Carpenter. Image via Facebook.

Jeffrey, Karen and Caitlin Spence are charged with Carpenter's murder, one year after he was found shot to death outside his home on December 2, 2022.

The Spences have been held in the Tippah County Jail since their arrest and extradition from Pennsylvania and Virginia in late 2023.

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