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LaRue County Death Investigation Leads To The Discovery Of A Third Body

**UPDATE**11 – 13

Roanoke, Ky. (November 13, 2019)- Kentucky State Police Post 4 has released the identity of the third body found at the residence on River Road from July 22, 2019. The body of the suspect, Michael Murray (40) of Louisville has been positively identified.

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 Roanoke, Ky. (July 23, 2019)- Kentucky State Police Post 4 has released the names of two of the deceased victims that were found at the River Road residence in the Roanoke Community of LaRue County. One of the victims has been identified as Nicole Murray (39) of New Haven. The other victim has been identified as Brittany Wilson (33) of Louisville, who was found dismembered in a freezer at the same River Road residence from an incident that had occurred sometime before July 22nd  in Jefferson County.

KSP believes that Nicole Murray was a victim of a domestic situation in which she was shot twice and as a result died at the scene on River Road. It was determined that the suspect, after killing Murray, notified a family member and confessed to killing both Murray and Wilson before taking their own life. Based on evidence found at the River Road residence and information obtained from the family member, KSP notified Louisville Metro Police who in turn began a death investigation with assistance from KSP Post 4. LMPD and KSP’s search of a residence at 6004 Ashby Lane where able to confirm that in fact Wilson was murdered at the Ashby Lane residence, on a unknown date before July 22nd. The investigation into Wilson’s murder is being handled by LMPD’s Homicide Unit.

KSP believes the suspect (the third deceased), after killing Murray and speaking with a relative by phone, set the residence on fire before taking their own life. KSP is awaiting positive identification from the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s office before the name can be released. The investigation into the two deaths that occurred in Larue County is on-going by KSP Post 4.

Media inquest in regards to this release should be directed to Trooper Pete Binkley at KSP Post 4 at (270) 766-5078.

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Roanoke, Ky. (July 22, 2019) – Kentucky State Police Post 4 Troopers and detectives respond to a shooting in LaRue County that later lead detectives to a residence in Jefferson County. The investigation from the earlier incident on River Road in LaRue County has yielded the discovery of a third deceased person on the property. Detectives are currently investigating this death as a separate but related, incident.

The investigation has led detectives to a residence in Jefferson County located at 6004 Ashby Lane in Louisville where a second scene is being processed by KSP Post 4 and Louisville Metro Police Department. The names of the victims are being withheld until an autopsy by the Kentucky Medical examiner’s office can be performed and  notification can be made to next of kin. More information will be released as it becomes available.

Media inquest in regards to this release should be directed to Trooper Pete Binkley at KSP Post 4 at (270) 766-5078.

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