Garrett Dye waits for court to begin Wednesday morning/Adam May

            THERE MAY BE A CHANGE OF PLEA IN THE CASE OF ACCUSED MURDERER GARRETT DYE.

            DYE APPEARED IN TODD CIRCUIT COURT THIS MORNING WHERE HIS ATTORNEY REQUESTED A HEARING FOR FRIDAY FOR A POSSIBLE CHANGE OF PLEA.

            LEAD ATTORNEY DENNIS RITCHIE SAYS IT WILL LIKELY BE A CONDITIONAL GUILTY PLEA TO MURDER, BUT WOULD NOT ELABORATE ON SENTENCING DETAILS.

            RITCHIE SAYS HE WILL ALSO FILE AN APPEAL OF CIRCUIT JUDGE TYLER GILL’S RULING TO NOT SURPRESS DYE’S ALLEGED CONFESSION TO THE KILLING IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THE INCIDENT.

            COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY GAIL GUILING TOLD JUDGE GILL THAT LAB REPORTS RELATING TO THE MURDER HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND SUBMITTED AS EVIDENCE BEFORE THE MANDATED DEADLINE, BUT RITCHIE SAID THOSE HAD NO IMPACT ON DYE’S DECISION TO POSSIBLY CHANGE HIS PLEA.

            TODD COUNTY JAILER GREG ALLEN SAID BEFORE THE HEARING THAT DYE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN BOWLING GREEN TO THE TODD COUNTY JAIL EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER TURNING 18-YEARS OLD ON OCTOBER 2^ND. ALLEN SAID DYE HAS BEEN ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE JAIL POPULATION.

            DYE HAD APPEARED IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING FOR EVERY HEARING UP UNTIL THIS MORNING, WHEN HE WAS ESCORTED INTO THE COURTROOM WEARING AN ORANGE TODD COUNTY JAIL JUMPSUIT.

            DYE IS ACCUSED OF USING A HYDRAULIC JACK HANDLE TO MURDER HIS ADOPTED SISTER, AMY DYE, BACK IN FEBRUARY NEAR THEIR DOGWOOD LANE HOME NEAR TRENTON.

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