A MUHLENBERG COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER HIS NEIGHBOR WAS SHOT
AND KILLED. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE SAY THAT 39-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM CESSNA WAS ALSO CHARGED YESTERDAY WITH TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE DEATH OF 47-YEAR-OLD KLINE WATKINS.
NEIGHBORS TOLD POLICE THAT THE MEN HAD BEEN FEUDING OVER PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SOME TIME.
MADISONVILLE STATE POLICE POST NUMBER TWO PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER STU RECKE SAID THAT AT ABOUT 1:30 THURSDAY MORNING...CESSNA APPARENTLY WALKED ONTO WATKINS' PROPERTY; CALLED WATKINS OUTSIDE; AND SHOT HIM WITH A .22 CALIBER RIFLE.
THE SHOOTING OCCURRED NEAR POWEDERLY.
POLICE SAY THAT WATKINS WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.
AFTER THE SHOOTING...POLICE SAY THAT CESSNA TRIED TO HIDE THE RIFLE AND WENT HOME WHERE HE HAD A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE...LEADING TO A CHARGE OF FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT.
CESSNA WAS BEING HELD LAST NIGHT WITHOUT BOND IN THE MUHLENBERG DETENTION CENTER.
