21 year old Roy M. Renick and 19 year old Samuel H. Gifford are charged with capital murder for the deaths of Stacey Barnet, 22, and Jonathan Goosey, 21 (pictured right/Austin Chronicle) on July 21, 2009.
Police say they made both arrests only hours apart but by separate units of APD and an outside agency. Renick, arrested at 12:45 p.m., was taken in by the APD Intel Unit and the U.S. Marshals Service. Gifford was arrested at 2:30 p.m. by the APD Cold Case Unit. Police say both arrests were without incident.
Another man, Ricky Thompson, was previously arrested in connection with the murders. Police reported Thompson was in debt to Goosey for marijuana he'd taken but never paid for. According to officers, they believed Thompson felt he had no other choice than to kill Goosey. According to police, Barnet apparently had no knowledge of Goosey's drug dealings or the extent to which he bought and sold to people like Thompson.
Thompson also faces capital murder charges.
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