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Last Updated: 6:48 pm | Friday, September 1, 2006
Mason murder suspect arrested, police seeking second man
BY ERIC BRADLEY | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER
MASON -- A 30-year-old Mason man was arrested and charged in connection with the stabbing death of 27-year-old Kevin Barnhill, 4168 Spyglass Hill, Mason.

Humberto Rodriguez Mota is charged with complicity to commit murder.

Mota, who police said surrendered willingly, is in the Warren County Jail.

Enrique Torres, 36, of Cincinnati, is also charged with complicity to commit murder, but he remains at large.

Mason police responded to reports of a man with a baseball bat at the Mason Bowl, 763 Reading Road, at 2:30 a.m. Aug. 26.

Instead, police found Barnhill lying nearby with stab wounds, Cope said.

At least one stab wound was in Barnhill's chest, according to a report by Mason Police Officer Aaron Yeary.

Barnhill was still breathing when police found him, about a breath every 10 seconds, according to Yeary's report.

Police and responding emergency medical services crew, however, were unable to save Barnhill. He died at the scene.

Witnesses said Barnhill may have been involved in a fight with one or more people in the parking lot of the Mason Pub, 753 Reading Road.

Using information from the investigation, both Mota and Torres were brought in and questioned a number of times since the incident, Cope said.

The charges both men face carry penalties of 15 years to life in prison.

Anyone with information is asked to call Cope or Detective Jeff Burson at 229-8560.

The murder is the first in Mason since 2000, Cope said.