A 1992 murder case may soon be put to rest after the Kentucky Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss charges Thursday.
Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Clark were charged with Rhonda Sue Warford’s killing. Detectives described the killing as a “satanic” plot.
They spent 21 years behind bars, claiming their innocence.
In July 2017, Meade County Judge Bruce Butler vacated their murder convictions, believing the evidence and the investigation conducted by then Detective Mark Handy was flawed.
The Commonwealth filed an appeal to try to re-indict the men for murder.
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear filed a motion Thursday to dismiss all future charges against the pair, essentially asking for the murder indictments to be thrown out. The move is pending the final seal of approval by Judge Butler.
In the motion, Beshear dismissed evidence presented against Hardin and Clark which was essential to the original convictions.
He also dismisses an alleged confession by Hardin to Detective Handy, stating Handy has been known to lie in other cases where convictions have also been overturned.
Source: WAVE
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