A PADUCAH MAN CHARGED WITH STABBING ANOTHER MAN SATURDAY AT A PADUCAH RESIDENCE HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN.

WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS 29-YEAR-OLD DARRYL MONTGOMERY FACES FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER 41-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM JOHNSON WAS FOUND IN THE BATHTUB OF A RESIDENCE ON BRIDGE STREET SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

JOHNSON WAS TREATED FOR HIS WOUNDS AT A PADUCAH AREA HOSPITAL.

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HENDERSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE CLOSER TO A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION ON A BODY FOUND LAST WEDNESDAY IN GREEN RIVER.

THE HENDERSON GLEANER REPORTS HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S LIEUTENANT FRANK GROPP SAYING INVESTIGATORS HAVE ZEROED IN ON THE IDENTITY OF THE DECEASED MAN, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONFIRM ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER RESULTS OF D-N-A TESTING.

GROPP SAYS CONFIRMATION COULD TAKE UP TO EIGHT WEEKS WITH NO NAME TO BE RELEASED UNTIL THE BODY IS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.  GROPP ADDS THEY BELIEVE THE DECEASED IS NOT FROM THE HENDERSON AREA.  FOLLOWING AN AUTOPSY THURSDAY, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE LISTED THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS DROWNING.