WAYNE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — Officials with the Kentucky State Police in London reported on Friday that police are searching for a person of interest in connection to a homicide in Wayne County that left one woman dead.
The Wayne County Coroner confirmed that 64-year-old Mary Fulton was pronounced dead at around 3 a.m. on Friday morning and police are treating it as a homicide.
KSP detailed that police are searching for her son, identified as 43-year-old Joseph K. Fulton from Monticello. Police describe Fulton as standing at 6 feet, 150 pounds, with brown eyes.
Further, Fulton was last seen wearing a dark-colored shirt and blue jeans and driving a 2008 grey or tan Dodge Nitro which is registered to his mother, according to police.
Monticello Fire Department
More information on the fire was later released by the Monticello Fire Department, who worked to extinguish the fire overnight.
According to a social media post, the fire department responded to a "residential structure with heavy fire involvement." During fire operations, a body was found in the home.
An investigation by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and Kentucky State Police is underway, and the Kentucky State Fire Marshal’s Office was requested to investigate the fire's cause.
Authorities reported that Fulton is considered armed and dangerous and police asked the public to contact KSP Post 11 at 606-878-6622, call 911, or text an anonymous tip line at 67283 if you have any information on Fulton's location.
