Monday, November 22, 2010

 

Whitesburg Man Faces Murder Charge

KENTUCKY.... 
Twenty-five  year old Jonathan Anderson from Whitesburg has been charged with murder and first-degree assault, among other charges, after a Sunday night crash killed a woman and injured her husband. State police say Anderson was trying to pass another vehicle while driving north on the Whitesburg bypass when he came up behind a vehicle driven by 48 year old Gwendolyn H. Whitakerof Roxanna. Anderson rear-ended Whitaker's car, causing it to collide with a car driven by her husband, Mitchum Whitaker, 49, also of Roxanna. Gwendolyn Whitaker was taken by helicopter to Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., where she died at 11:11 A.M. Monday. Mitchum Whitaker suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.
In addition to the murder and assault charges, Anderson is charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence second offense-aggravating circumstances and numerous traffic charges.
He was taken to the Letcher County Jail.



# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:16 PM




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