A TODD COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED THE YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS SISTER AT THEIR TRENTON-AREA HOME ON FEBRUARY 4^TH.

            THE “TRUE BILL” ALLEGES ONE COUNT EACH OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, RESISTING ARREST AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.

            THE INDICTMENT SAYS 17-YEAR OLD GARRETT DYE USED A “HYDRAULIC JACK HANDLE” TO REPEATEDLY BEAT HIS 9-YEAR OLD SISTER AMY IN THE HEAD UNTIL SHE WAS DEAD NEAR THEIR 9-11 DOGWOOD LANE HOME.

            THE SECOND COUNT IS FOR RESISTING ARREST AND THE INDICTMENT SAYS DYE BECAME COMBATIVE, FOUGHT AND USED PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE DETECTIVE WHO ARRESTED HIM ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 6^TH.

            LASTLY, THE ONLY NEW CHARGE TACKED ON TO THE INDICTMENT WAS ONE OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. DYE ALLEGEDLY MOVED THE VICTIM’S BODY, HID HIS CLOTHES AND HID THE MURDER WEAPON BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.       

            CIRCUIT JUDGE TYLER GILL ALLOWED DYE’S ENTIRE CASE FILE TO BE MADE PUBLIC RECORD AFTER THE GRAND JURY HEARING. A DISTRICT COURT HEARING RECORD SHOWS THAT PART OF THE REASONING FOR HIM BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT WAS A “SUBSTANTIAL” HISTORY OF RUN-INS WITH THE LAW.

            THE FILE ALSO CONTAINS AN AFFADAVIT FOR A SEARCH WARRANT WRITTEN BY K-S-P DETECTIVE LONNIE KAVANAUGH. THE AFFADAVIT SAYS DYE ADMITTED THAT HE KILLED HIS SISTER WITH THE JACK HANDLE AND THAT HE TRIED TO COVER IT UP BY WASHING A T-SHIRT HE HAD BEEN WEARING AND THAT HE HID THE WEAPON.

            GARRETT DYE LIVED IN WHAT’S DESCRIBED AS AN “UNDERGROUND BASEMENT HOME” ON THE PROPERTY, WHILE HIS PARENTS AND THE VICTIM LIVED IN A TRAILER WITH AN ATTACHED DECK. THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE SUSPECT TOLD THE DETECTIVE THE MURDER WEAPON COULD BE FOUND IN THE TRAILER IN A DRAWER NEXT TO THE STOVE.

            THE SEARCH WARRANT GAVE POLICE AUTHORITY TO SEARCH BOTH HOMES, THREE VEHICLES AND THE PERSONS OF GARRETT DYE AND HIS PARENTS—KIMBERLY AND THOMAS CHRISTOPHER DYE.

            ANOTHER AFFADAVIT SAYS THE PARENTS AND INDICTED SUSPECT REFUSED TO GIVE ANY STATEMENTS PRIOR TO THEM OBTAINING A SEARCH WARRANT.

            A PETITION FOR A PUBLIC DEFENDER CONFIRMS SPECULATION THAT 9-YEAR OLD AMY DYE HAD LAST BEEN SEEN SHOVELING GRAVEL AS A PUNISHMENT OUTSIDE OF HER HOME, DESPITE RAIN, SLEET AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 30’S—AND IT BEING WELL AFTER DARK.

            THE PETITION SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS ALSO SHOVELING GRAVEL AS A PUNISHMENT FROM THEIR PARENTS. THE SUSPECT IS BEING REPRESENTED BY HOPKINSVILLE ATTORNEY DENNIS RITCHIE.

            DYE WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN CIRCUIT COURT WEDNESDAY. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE MORE SUSPECTS COULD BE INDICTED AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK WHEN A NEW GRAND JURY IS SWORN IN.

            AMY DYE WAS REPORTED MISSING JUST BEFORE 10 O’CLOCK ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 4^TH, WITH THE CALLER TO TODD EMERGENCY SERVICES SAYING HE HAD LAST SEEN HER THAT EVENING AROUND 6:30.

            DOZENS OF MEN AND WOMEN FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITY SEARCHED FOR OVER TWO HOURS BEFORE HER BODY WAS FOUND BY HER P-E TEACHER ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM HER HOME.

             SHE WAS A STUDENT AT SOUTH TODD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE GRIEF COUNSELORS WERE CALLED IN DURING THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT TO ASSIST HER FRIENDS AND FELLOW STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM WERE FACING THE DEATH OF SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME.