THE BODY FOUND LAST WEEK IN THE GREEN RIVER IN HENDERSON HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.  THE HENDERSON GLEANER REPORTS THE VICTIM IS 41-YEAR-OLD KENNETH WAYNE JARRELL OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.  FAMILY MEMBERS REPORTED JARRELL MISSING DECEMBER 29^TH. 

JARRELL HAD BEEN TRAVELLING FROM MICHIGAN TO DAWSON SPRINGS TO LIVE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.  INVESTIGATORS SAY JARRELL WAS TRAVELLING ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY AND IT’S NOT KNOWN HOW HE ENDED UP IN GREEN RIVER.

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A BODY FOUND EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE OHIO RIVER AT HENDERSON HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.  W-E-H-T EVANSVILLE REPORTS THE BODY IS THAT OF 91-YEAR-OLD ORVEN STINSON WHO WENT MISSING FROM HIS HOUSEBOAT TWO WEEKS AGO.  THE HENDERSON COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE HAS RULED STINSON’S DEATH AN ACCIDENTIAL DROWNING AND WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AN AUTOPSY BECAUSE NO TRAUMA WAS FOUND ON STINSON’S BODY.

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A FUGITIVE WHO ESCAPED FROM KENTUCKY STATE POLICE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED MARCH 18^TH HAS BEEN RECAPTURED.  TROOPERS APPREHENDED 28-YEAR-OLD DON BRIESFORD AT A MARSHALL COUNTY HOME THURSDAY EVENING. BRIESFORD WAS ONE OF FIVE ARRESTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES FOR RUNNING A METH LAB NEAR LEDBETTER.  22-YEAR-OLD JESSICA POWELL WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR HINDERING APPREHENSION OF A FUGITIVE. 

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A CALLOWAY COUNTY WOMAN DIED THURSDAY MORNING IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON KENTUCKY 121 SOUTH.  KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY AN S-U-V DRIVEN BY 46-YEAR-OLD TAMMIE Y. LUSK OF ALMO WAS HIT IN THE DRIVER DOOR BY A SEMI TRUCK WHEN SHE WAS TURNING FROM THE MURRAY-PARIS ROAD TO KENTUCKY 121 SOUTH. 

LUSK WAS TAKEN TO MURRAY-CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS NOT HURT.

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A THREE MONTH INVESTIGATION BY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A KUTTAWA MAN.  21-YEAR-OLD RICHARD N. THOMPSON JUNIOR IS CHARGED WITH ARSON IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND FRAUDULENT INSURANCE ACTS OVER 500 DOLLARS.  THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH THOMPSON BEING HELD IN THE CALDWELL COUNTY JAIL ON A 15-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH BOND.

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A FORMER MADISONVILLE INSURANCE AGENT WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK ON FORGERY CHARGES.  THE MADISONVILLE MESSENGER REPORTS 48-YEAR-OLD BRIAN L. STULL WAS CHARGED WITH ALLEGEDLY ALTERING A POLICY WHILE WORKING FOR AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE.

THE VICTIM CLAIMED A TERM LIFE POLICY WAS CONVERTED TO A PERMANENT POLICY WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE CAUSING HIS RATES TO INCREASE, BUT THE COVERAGE TO DECREASE.  MADISONVILLE POLICE SAY SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED AND ADDITIONAL CHARGES COULD BE MADE.