PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a Pike County murder.

25-year-old Michael Shortridge was taken into custody on Wednesday. 

Shortridge, along with Michael Brown and Anthony Browning have all been charged in the murder of 42-year-old Christopher Lester of Steele, who body was found in a home in the Feds Creek area last weekend.

All are lodged in the Pike County Detention Center.