The man accused of killing a Madison County dispatcher at a party last week appeared in Estill County District Court Wednesday morning.
Investigators say that Dustin Sparks, 25, was at a house party on Fairgrounds Road in Owsley County Friday night when he stabbed 28-year-old Benjamin Brewer of Beattyville.
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According to documents, Brewer and Sparks got into an argument at the party, that’s when witnesses say Brewer threw a punch at Sparks and Sparks then allegedly swung a knife back at Brewer, cutting his neck.
Brewer died at the scene.
“I was sad, just felt real bad,” said Justin Young, a friend of both Brewer and Sparks.
Young says he was not at the party but talked to Sparks about 30 minutes before the stabbing allegedly took place.
“He was just all happy just talked about our friends, seems like he was in real great mood,” Young told LEX 18’s Evan Gorman.
Sparks pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning.
He is due back in court on Thursday, December 17 at 1:00 p.m. in Owsley County.
