LOVELY, KY. — UPDATE–KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AT THE PIKEVILLE POST HAVE OPENED A DEATH INVESTIGATION WITH ONE FATALITY IN A STRUCTURE FIRE. TROOPERS RESPONDED AFTER A CALL WAS RECEIVED JUST AFTER 9:00 AM MONDAY TO A STRUCTURE FIRE ON KENTUCKY ROUTE 292 IN MARTIN COUNTY. AFTER THE BLAZE WAS PUT OUT, A SEARCH OF THE STRUCTURE WAS CONDUCTED AND ONE VICTIM WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE. AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED TUESDAY AT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE IN FRANKFORT. MARTIN COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM AS 70-YEAR-OLD ALENE RUNYON. THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING LED BY DETECTIVE TONY TACKETT.
