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Final defendant in 2019 murder case sentenced to more than 60 years in prison

The last remaining defendant in the 2019 killing of Billy Lawson has been sentenced to more than 60 years in prison. Jordan Miracle, 26, of Williamsburg, entered a guilty plea in May to charges of murder, tampering with physical evidence, attempting to escape from a penitentiary...

Final defendant in 2019 murder case enters guilty plea

The remaining defendant in the 2019 killing of Billy Lawson entered a guilty plea to multiple charges Monday, including murder. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Rucker sentenced to 65 years in prison for murder, jail escape attempt

Nicholas Rucker has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for the 2019 death of Vicki Conner, as well as his role in an April 2022 escape attempt of the Whitley County Detention Center. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

Brock pleads guilty to charges stemming from WCDC escape attempt

The second of three men who attempted to escape from the Whitley County Detention Center last year has entered a guilty plea to charges stemming from the incident. Paul Brock, 42, faced charges of attempting to escape from a penitentiary, first-degree persistent felony offender...

Brock, Rucker, Miracle indicted over escape attempt

Monday morning the Whitley County Grand Jury indicted a trio of people in connection with an April 29 escape attempt where two of the men were within one locked door of escaping from the Whitley County Detention Center. All three were in jail in connection with separate murder...
Posted On 22 Jun 2022

Three out of five inmates involved in escape plot were facing a murder charge

Three out of the five Whitley County Detention Center inmates allegedly involved in an April 29 jail escape conspiracy were being held in jail in connection with murder cases, and a fourth was jailed in connection with a manslaughter case. Paul Brock and Nicholas Rucker are two...
Posted On 11 May 2022

Convicted killer, accused killer one locked jail door from freedom

Freedom was only one locked jail door away for convicted killer Paul Brock and an accused killer Nicholas Rucker during a failed escape attempt from the Whitley County Detention Center late Friday evening.
Posted On 30 Apr 2022

Prosecuting Paul: What led to Brock’s murder conviction?

The case is finished, and Paul Oliver Brock, who was convicted of killing four people including an unborn child, signed a sentencing agreement to spend the remainder of his natural life behind bars. What happened behind the scenes that led to this result? How does an attorney...

Jury convicts Brock on three counts of murder, fetal homicide

A Corbin man was found guilty of the 2018 murders of Aaron Byers, Mary Jackson, Tiffany Byers and the fetal homicide of Tiffany Byers’ unborn child last Thursday in Whitley Circuit Court. Paul Oliver Brock, of Corbin, was also found guilty of one count of tampering with physical...

Father tells Brock that he forgives him for son’s murder

After four years, the families of Mary Jackson, Aaron Byers, Tiffany Byers and Tiffany Byers’ unborn child will finally have closure. Paul Oliver Brock, of Corbin, was sentenced Tuesday morning to life without the possibility of parole. He was convicted of three counts of murder,...