{"id":48928,"date":"2024-09-12T01:46:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T05:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=48928"},"modified":"2024-09-11T23:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:03:18","slug":"police-investigate-wayne-county-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/police-investigate-wayne-county-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Investigate Wayne County Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/06\/04\/police-investigate-bardstown-murder\/murder-investigation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?fit=455%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"455,310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"murder investigation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?fit=455%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=125%2C125 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=125%2C125 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nKentucky State Police, London Post was notified by Wayne County 911 that a male subject had been shot on R Barnett Road in Wayne County around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (09\/10).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, officers located a deceased male with a gunshot wound lying in the roadway. The victim was identified as 75 year-old Samuel R. White, of Monticello.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigation revealed a verbal altercation took place between Samuel White and Willard Upchurch at a logging yard. During the verbal altercation, Upchurch brandished a firearm and fatally shot White. White was pronounced deceased by the Wayne County Coroner. An autopsy was conducted at the State Medical Office in Frankfort.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky State Police located 66 year-old Willard Ray Upchurch, of Monticello, and arrested him for murder and tampering with physical evidence. He is lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is continuing by Kentucky State Police Post 11.  They were assisted at the scene by Wayne County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Wayne County EMS, Fish and Wildlife, Kentucky State Police Aircraft and Wayne County Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky State Police, London Post was notified by Wayne County 911 that a male subject had been shot on R Barnett Road in Wayne County around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (09\/10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":6396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/murder-investigation.jpg?fit=455%2C310&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-cJa","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 21:39:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48929,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48928\/revisions\/48929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}