Updated: Coroner identifies Lexington stabbing victim. City sets new homicide record
A man died after being found with stab wounds late Friday night.
Lexington police said they were called to the 1000 block of Bryan Avenue to help the Lexington Fire Department with an unresponsive person at 11:43 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a news release Saturday morning.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Office identified the victim Monday as Robert Stanley Wallace, Jr., 53. He was pronounced dead at at 12:39 a.m. Saturday. An autopsy on Wallace’s body was completed Sunday, and Hawkins-Taylor Funeral Home in Lexington is handling his funeral arrangements, the coroner’s office said.
No arrests have been made in the case.
The homicide means Lexington has officially surpassed its record of 37 homicides set in 2021. The city tied its previous record with the shooting death of Adetokundo Okunoye on Oxford Circle Sept. 25.
Police asked that anyone with information call them at (859) 258-3600. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Bluegrass Crime Stoppers by calling (859) 253-2020, visiting Bluegrasscrimestoppers.com or going through the P3 tips app at P3tips.com.
This story was originally published October 15, 2022 at 12:10 PM.
