Kentucky State Police were investigating a fatal crash that happened on Friday.

KSP says their preliminary investigation indicates that 87-year-old Freeda Taylor of Turkey Creek, Kentucky, tried to enter US 119 from KY 292 in Pike County when she turned into the path of an oncoming vehicle traveling south on US 119.

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Taylor was transported from the scene to Williamson Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Evidence at the scene indicates Taylor was not wearing her seatbelt.

Multiple agencies were working together Saturday to determine if three shooting deaths are all related.

Franklin County investigators say they were dispatched to a home on Pea Ridge Road, just outside Frankfort city limits, Saturday night a little before 6 p.m. When they arrived they found two people inside shot to death

A few hours before the bodies were found at the house on Pea Ridge Road, Franklin County coroner William Harrod told LEX18 authorities responded to what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a home on Washington Street. At this point, investigators cannot confirm if the two cases are connected, but they say the person with the apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is related to at least one of the victims found at the house on Pea Ridge Road.

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Investigators have not released the identities of any of the victims.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said they will be able to release more details early next week once they get a report from the state medical examiner’s office. In the meantime they ask if anyone has any information to call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.

The man who was stabbed outside of a pizza restaurant in Northern Kentucky on Thursday has died.

The stabbing happened around 2:30 p.m. in Fort Thomas.

Police say the incident occurred after an argument between the victim, Donnie Smith and 49-year-old Hank Shouse.

According to authorities, Shouse pulled out a knife and stabbed Smith.

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The victim was transported to the hospital where he later died, according to officials.

Authorities say Shouse is charged with manslaughter and is being held in the Campbell County Detention Center.

The Bourbon County Coroner has identified a skull found on a farm back in April.

Workers at Threave Stud Farm made the discovery around April 23^rd.

The skull was found in a creek bed, however, cadaver dogs sent to the area did not find any other remains.

The skull that was found has been identified as that of Clay Jeffrey Reed of Lexington.

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Reed went missing in February 2015 at the age of 54.

The cause of death is listed as undetermined, but the coroner says that they do not expect foul play.

Police say a woman suffered three days of abuse in her boyfriend’s car before she finally escaped to a local hospital.

Brian Roland Mance II, 39, faces one count of kidnapping and three charges of domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

The victim told police Mance attacked her at various locations around the metro, stabbing her leg 17 times with a Phillips head screwdriver, burning her thigh with a soldering torch, sticking her arm with a throwing knife, pistol whipping her twice in the head, hitting her with a metal baton and punching her in the eye.

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“It was pretty severe,” said Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Ashley Peters. “And obviously it constituted enough probable cause for the DA for a warrant to be issued.”

Originally, the victim was hesitant to come forward and tell her story, according to court documents. She was at one time listed as missing, but when officers contacted her, she didn’t disclose her injuries or any abuse.

It wasn’t until later, when her boyfriend of five years stopped by a friend’s house, that she decided to escape to a hospital.

Reluctantly, she agreed to tell officers what happened.

Janet Peery, CEO of the YWCA, says fear isn’t uncommon in domestic abuse victims.

“They believe it’s their fault, they believe they deserve it, and they still love the perpetrator,” she said. “They don’t love the abuse.”

Yet some of the most dangerous moments in an abusive relationship are when a victim decides to leave, or even thinks about leaving.

Peery wants people to know there are others who want to help. The YWCA has a 24/7 hotline set up and shelters to protect the abused and vulnerable. The hotline number is 1-800-522-SAFE.

“There’s help, there is a way out, there are resources,” Peery said.

The key, Peery said, is creating an environment in which victims are comfortable going forward.

“Listening to that victim’s fear and acknowledging that instinct is probably one of the key factors in keeping her safe,” she said. “You have to tell someone and for the community, we have to listen.”

Officers caught up with Mance June 7, after running license plates at a local hotel. They arrested him at gunpoint and found the screwdriver and torch in his car, which has been impounded.

His criminal history includes a misdemeanor conviction for domestic abuse as well as past felony convictions.

The man responsible for a 10-hour standoff in Lexington yesterday will be arraigned Friday afternoon.

The standoff began just after midnight Thursday at a home on Deauville Drive.

Police say they responded to shots fired, and when they arrived, Ryan Kamark, 35, fired at officers.

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Authorities say Kamark barricaded himself inside of the home with his wife and two children.

Eventually, the three family members were able to escape the home safely.

Several hours later, Kamark surrendered to officers.

He is facing four counts of Wanton Endangerment.

Kamark’s arraignment is scheduled for 1 p.m.

A man who escaped from a Georgia prison nearly four decades ago and living under the alias of a dead relative will be arraigned in Laurel County Friday morning.

Billy Burchfield, 67, was brought into custody Wednesday night by authorities in Laurel County.

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Deputies say he was serving a 16 year sentence for manslaughter when he escaped from prison in 1979.

Burchfield, was living under the name “Harold Arnold,” a cousin who had died.

Decades later, he is back in custody at the Laurel County Detention Center.

His video arraignment is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m.

A man is charged for his role in the theft of 22 individual identities across the metro area over the past four months.

Washington County prosecutors say 26-year-old Damien Alexander McVay was one of two individuals that broke into cars at country clubs, fitness centers and other places where victims were more likely to leave purses and wallets in their vehicles. Investigators say they used a tool known as a ‘window punch’ to quickly and quietly break a window on the vehicle, then steal a wallet or purse and immediately use the credit cards inside before the owner could cancel them.

Prosecutors maintain McVay and his associate did this on at least 22 occasions.

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Police used surveillance video to identify the two suspects, who targeted victims in Washington, Ramsey and Hennepin Counties.

“This is the type of organized criminal activity that too often misses the attention of the public,” Orput said in a released statement. “Identity Theft however, is a pernicious and time consuming crime for the victim, as well as society as a whole. This office is committed to taking a hard line on cases such as this in hopes that this type of crime is deterred.”