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Florida double homicide suspect arrested in Kentucky

DOVER, Fla. --The suspect in the murder of a Florida couple was arrested Friday in Kentucky,reports CBS affiliate WTSP.

Nancy and John Engelhart were found dead inside a shed neartheir Dover, Florida home on on Thursday evening. Detectives soon began searching for Michael Anthony Herald, who had been hired by the Engelharts as a handyman.

Police said that when Herald was arrested Friday, he had just gotten out of the victims' Ford Explorer.

Herald was taken into custody without incident and has been charged with two counts of First Degree Murder.

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