KY man charged with murder after woman found dead of overdose at Airbnb
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- Brian Epperson faces a murder charge after a meth overdose death at a Kentucky Airbnb.
- Officials linked Epperson to a second woman's death and found meth capsules in his truck.
- Court documents show Epperson admitted to buying meth and filling capsules in Lexington.
A Kentucky man has been charged with murder in a fatal drug overdose at an Airbnb he was renting, according to court documents.
The death happened at a home on Patsy Road in Powell County. Court documents say the Powell County coroner found a woman, later identified as 32-year-old Kristen Morris, dead inside the home from a suspected drug overdose.
A toxicology test later determined Morris had methamphetamine in her system, according to court documents.
Brian Epperson, 44, of Winchester, was renting the property and was at the scene when the coroner found Morris’ body. Court documents say the coroner also found capsules filled with methamphetamine at the scene.
The coroner shared her findings with Kentucky State Police on June 23. Epperson was originally charged with first-degree possession of methamphetamine, but state police announced Wednesday he had been charged with murder.
Epperson is also connected to the death of another woman at a Winchester motel. On June 27, the Winchester Police Department learned a missing Estill County woman had been found dead in a room at a Red Roof Inn in Winchester that was being rented by Epperson, according to court documents.
That woman was not identified in Epperson’s arrest citation.
Investigators searched Epperson’s truck and found several methamphetamine capsules inside, according to court documents. The capsules were similar to the ones found at the Powell County Airbnb where Morris died.
Epperson admitted to purchasing the methamphetamine in Lexington and filling it inside capsules, according to court documents. He is charged with first-degree possession of methamphetamine in the second woman’s death.
Epperson is being held at the Clark County Detention Center.
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