AMY DYE

            ANOTHER STATE LEGISLATURE COMMITTEE INTENDS TO HOLD A HEARING ON THE TODD COUNTY AMY DYE MURDER CASE.

            THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM BURCH AND SENATOR JULIE DENTON HAVE EXPRESSED INTENTIONS TO HOLD A HEARING NEXT MONTH ON HOW CHILD DEATHS AND NEAR DEATHS ARE REPORTED.

            BURCH AND MS. DENTON CO-CHAIR THE INTERIM JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE AND SAY THEY ARE ONLY WAITING ON APPROVAL FROM HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS TO SCHEDULE THE MEETING.

            THE ISSUE AROSE AFTER A FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE WROTE A SCATHING REPORT OF HOW THE STATE TREATED RECORDS REGARDING THE ALLEGED NEGLECT AND ABUSE OF 9-YEAR OLD AMY DYE, WHO WAS MURDERED BY HER ADOPTED BROTHER 18-YEAR OLD GARRETT DYE ON FEBRUARY 4^TH NEAR THEIR DOGWOOD ROAD HOME IN THE TRENTON AREA.

            THE TODD COUNTY STANDARD REPORTED THIS WEEK ON SEVERAL DOCUMENTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE JUDGE’S RULING THAT APPEAR TO SHOW AN EFFORT TO COVER UP THE HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY’S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DYE FAMILY FOLLOWING THE MURDER.

            THE CABINET, TIME AFTER TIME, ATTEMPTED TO SAY THAT THERE WAS NO DEATH INVESTIGATION BY THEIR AGENCY SINCE IT WAS A SIBLING ON SIBLING ATTACK.

            GARRETT DYE WILL APPEAR IN TODD CIRCUIT COURT WEDNESDAY MORNIGN FOR FORMAL SENTENCING, WHERE HE IS EXPECTED TO GET 50 YEARS FOR MURDER AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 20 YEARS.

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11/18/2011/AM