On Thursday night there was a big break in a Knott County murder investigation.
Kentucky State Police arrested 37-year-old Gary Ward, of Johnson County, for the murder of Christina Barnett.
Earlier this month, a Knott County Grand Jury heard evidence from state police and issued a warrant for Ward.
Ward is charged with murder, evidence tampering and abuse of a corpse. Friday marks one month since Barnett’s body was found under a pile of trash in some Knott County Woods by her sister and some friends.
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Barnett’s mother, Donna Hale, said she believes Ward is the man her daughter met online. “He’s been arrested now and everyone is going to know he is the monster that killed my little girl, and it’s a relief,” said Hale.
As of Thursday night Ward was being held in the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard.
