Murder Investigation in Marion County

Posted by on Apr 13, 2011

(Loretto, KY) – At 8:48 EDT Post 15 received a call from Marion County Dispatch requesting backup for a Deputy Sheriff responding to a residence on Holy Cross Road in Loretto.

Marion County dispatch received a call at 8:42 EDT from a caller who stated that she had found her neighbor lying on the back porch of her residence, bleeding and she believed him to be dead.

Post 15 Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene with the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and upon arrival found 22-year-old Brandon Lashaun Stone of Loretto, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.  The investigation is on going at this time.