Thursday, December 02, 2010
Roy And Wanda Campbell Update
KENTUCKY...
A prominent Perry County businessman and his wife were found dead in their home on the evening of Friday, November 26, and police believe their deaths may have been the result of a double homicide.
Police were called to the home of Roy and Wanda Campbell, 81 and 79 respectively, in the Brownsfork community after family members became concerned when they were unable to contact the couple.
Upon arrival, police found the couple inside the residence, dead from apparent gunshot wounds, according to a press release from Kentucky State Police. Their bodies were sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
KSP Post 13 information officer Tony Watts said no arrests have been made in the case at this time, and no new information is known about the case. He said police are continuing to investigate.
“They’re (the detectives) still digging and turning over rocks and things like that,” Watts said. He added that police are continuing to conduct the investigation as a homicide.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Kentucky State Police at 1-800-222-5555 or 606-435-6069.
Roy Campbell was well known in the local community and played an important role in the development of Hazard. He gifted the land on which the Hazard ARH medical center currently sits, which allowed for not only a new hospital but the development of Hazard in that area of the county.
Perry County Clerk Haven King said he remembered Campbell as a great friend of more than 45 years.
“It’s just a devastating thing for this to happen,” King said. “Roy was so good to the community of Hazard and Perry County.”
He said there are over 3,000 jobs and 100 homes on the two ridges of land where the hospital, Whayne Supply and the Veterans Center currently sit. It’s all land that Campbell gifted to the city, he said.
He spoke fondly of Campbell and said his death was a tremendous loss.
“We lost a jewel when we lost him,” King said.
Charles Allen, Assistant Perry County Commonwealth Attorney, said he was Campbell’s attorney and friend for over 20 years.
Police were called to the home of Roy and Wanda Campbell, 81 and 79 respectively, in the Brownsfork community after family members became concerned when they were unable to contact the couple.
Upon arrival, police found the couple inside the residence, dead from apparent gunshot wounds, according to a press release from Kentucky State Police. Their bodies were sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
KSP Post 13 information officer Tony Watts said no arrests have been made in the case at this time, and no new information is known about the case. He said police are continuing to investigate.
“They’re (the detectives) still digging and turning over rocks and things like that,” Watts said. He added that police are continuing to conduct the investigation as a homicide.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Kentucky State Police at 1-800-222-5555 or 606-435-6069.
Roy Campbell was well known in the local community and played an important role in the development of Hazard. He gifted the land on which the Hazard ARH medical center currently sits, which allowed for not only a new hospital but the development of Hazard in that area of the county.
Perry County Clerk Haven King said he remembered Campbell as a great friend of more than 45 years.
“It’s just a devastating thing for this to happen,” King said. “Roy was so good to the community of Hazard and Perry County.”
He said there are over 3,000 jobs and 100 homes on the two ridges of land where the hospital, Whayne Supply and the Veterans Center currently sit. It’s all land that Campbell gifted to the city, he said.
He spoke fondly of Campbell and said his death was a tremendous loss.
“We lost a jewel when we lost him,” King said.
Charles Allen, Assistant Perry County Commonwealth Attorney, said he was Campbell’s attorney and friend for over 20 years.
“I always thought of him as an instinctive visionary,” Allen said. “He always foresaw that Hazard would grow.”
He said Campbell was always helpful to local government in helping the public of the city and county receive water lines and new roadways through land and road donations. He also provided land to churches, Allen said.
“He was generous to a thought with no obligation to do so,” Allen said.
He said Campbell always wanted to think the best of people, and would think the best of them unless those people proved him wrong. He also said he felt Campbell was probably happiest when he was running heavy equipment, adding that Campbell never had a specific business address, but instead conducted business from his truck.
“He concluded a great many deals from the front seat of his truck,” Allen said.
He said Campbell was a very intelligent person with great insight and that his generosity to Perry County and the City of Hazard was matched by few.
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