A MAN HUNT IS UNDERWAY FOR A STATE INMATE FROM THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHO REPORTEDLY ESCAPED WHILE ON WORK RELEASE THIS AFTERNOON.

            ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, AROUND 1 P.M. 22-YEAR OLD DEVAN MONTRELL MATLOCK WALKED AWAY FROM A JOB SITE AT THE SALVATION ARMY.

            MATLOCK IS WANTED FOR 2^ND DEGREE ESCAPE AND STATE POLICE SAY HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLACK AND WHITE HOODIE AND JEANS AND WAS IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR WHEN HE ESCAPED FROM HIS WORK RELEASE SITE.

            IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS, CONTACT KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AT 270-676-3313.                                                  

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AMY DYE

            KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OPENED IN THE CASE OF 9-YEAR OLD AMY DYE, WHO WAS MURDERED IN FEBRUARY.

            SPOKESMAN TROOPER STU RECKE SAYS THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THERE WON’T BE, AS STATE POLICE HAVE LEFT THEIR OPTIONS OPEN. HE SAYS THEY ARE CURRENTLY CONTINUING TO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON THE HERE AND NOW AS CONFESSED MURDERER GARRETT DYE STANDS TO FACE FORMAL SENTENCING NOVEMBER 23^RD IN TODD CIRCUIT COURT.

            DYE CONFESSED IN COURT TO USING A HYDRAULIC JACK HANDLE TO BEAT HIS 9-YEAR OLD ADOPTED SISTER AMY TO DEATH ON FEBRUARY 4^TH OUTSIDE OF THEIR DOGWOOD ROAD HOME NEAR TRENTON, BUT INFORMATION RELEASED BY A FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE MONDAY SHOWED A LIFETIME OF ABUSE SUFFERED BY THE YOUNG GIRL.

            A 19-PAGE RULING IN FAVOR OF THE TODD COUNTY STANDARD TO RELEASE CRUCIAL DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC BY JUDGE PHILLIP SHEPHARD DETAILS ABUSE FROM THE VICTIM’S ADOPTED PARENTS, CHRIS AND KIMBERLY DYE AND AN OLDER BROTHER IN ADDITION TO GARRETT.

            THERE WERE AT LEAST EIGHT CONFIRMED OCCASSIONS WHEN SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND POSSIBLY OTHERS CALLED THE STATE FAMILY SERVICES CABINET REGIONAL OFFICE REGARDING POSSIBLE ABUSE AGAINST AMY, WITH SOME OF THOSE CLAIMS AGAINST THE PARENTS AND BROTHERS EVENTUALLY SUBSTANTIATED.

            NONE OF THEM EVER RESULTED IN HER REMOVAL FROM THE HOME.

MANY HAVE WONDERED IF THE DOCUMENTS WOULD RESULT IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PARENTS OR OLDER BROTHER, BUT THAT APPEARS TO HAVE NOT HAPPENED AT THIS POINT.

            TROOPER RECKE SAYS IF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED ABUSE AND NEGLECT WERE TO EVER BE OPENED; IT LIKELY WOULD ORIGINATE FROM STATE POLICE.

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HARRIS

            IT WAS BAD ENOUGH A CLARKSVILLE MAN ACCIDENTALLLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES GOT WORSE AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

            A NEWS RELEASE FROM CLARKSVILLE POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JIM KNOLL SAYS OFFICERS RESPONDED TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER TO THE REPORT OF A MAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE FOOT.

            20-YEAR OLD MONTAVIOUS HARRIS OF HIETTS LANE, CLARKSVILE TOLD POLICE HE WAS WALKING OUT OF AN APARTMENT ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE CARRYING A HANDGUN IN HIS WASTEBAND WHEN IT DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND DISCHARGED ONE ROUND INTO HIS LEFT FOOT SHATTERING SOME BONES.

            THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT TURNED UP THAT HARRIS WASN’T ALLOWED TO POSSESS A FIREARM DUE TO A PREVIOUS DRUG CONVICTION IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

            AFTER BEING DISCHARGED FROM GATEWAY, HARRIS WAS CHARGED BY POLICE WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND WAS SERVED WITH A PREVIOUS WARRANT FOR VANDALISM. HE WAS LODGED IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL.

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