ADDITIONAL DETAILS RELEASED IN JOHNSON COUNTY MURDER CASE

OIL SPRINGS– MORE INFORMATION IS BEING RELEASED REGARDING A JOHNSON COUNTY MURDER CASE. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AT THE PIKEVILLE POST OPENED A MURDER INVESTIGATION AT A RESIDENCE ON KY RT. 825 AT OIL SPRINGS. AUTHORITIES NOW SAY ACCORDING TO THEIR ONGOING INVESTIGATION, THE VICTIM, 27-YEAR-OLD MANDY LEMAY OF OIL SPRINGS WAS REPORTED MISSING MONDAY AFTER FAMILY MEMBERS BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY. TROOPERS INVESTIGATING WAS LED TO THE RESIDENCE OF 50-YEAR-OLD PAUL LEMAY ALSO OF OIL SPRINGS. AFTER TALKING WITH PAUL LEMAY, TROOPERS OBTAINED INFORMATION THAT HE HAD IN FACT KILLED MANDY LEMAY AT AN EARLIER DATE AND TIME. PAUL LEMAY WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, LODGED IN THE JOHNSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND CHARGED WITH MURDER. THE BODY OF MANDY LEMAY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE FOR AN AUTOPSY. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.