A northern Kentucky man who took his high school classmates hostage after killing his family has been denied parole.
Kentucky Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb told media outlets that the state Parole Board deliberated Monday and decided against setting 42-year-old Clay Shrout free.
In 1994, when Shrout was 17, he shot and killed his mother, father and two sisters ages 14 and 12, at their Union residence in Boone County before traveling to Ryle High School and taking nearly two dozen students and teachers hostage. Ryle’s vice principal talked Shrout into freeing the hostages. He eventually gave up the .380 handgun and was arrested. No students or teachers were harmed.
During a hearing last week, Shrout told the parole board that he was sorry for his actions, that he wasn’t a public threat and that he planned to move out of state if released.
After being denied parole, Shrout will now have to serve another 10 years before he’ll be eligible to go before the parole board again.
He was convicted of murder in 1995 and sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for 25 years.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com or 270-259-6000
