UPDATE: April 16 at 2:30 p.m.
LEX 18 in court reported that the double murder case out of Bourbon County has moved to a grand jury, while the bond for the suspect in the case, Christopher Taulbee, was set at $2,000,000.
Notably, Taulbee is accused of killing 24-year-old Charles "Chuck" Callaway and 20-year-old Dixie Brainard on April 3.
During court testimony, Kentucky State Police Operation Branch Sergeant William Howard relayed details on what occurred that day.
Howard said that investigators believe Dixie and Taulbee allegedly separated the night of April 2. Further, investigators found that Taulbee arrived at the house and saw Dixie and Charles in a truck.
Howard reported that Taulbee walked up to the driver's side and allegedly shot Dixie in the head. Charles reportedly ran into a field behind the house where an altercation ensued, resulting in Taulbee allegedly stabbing Charles in the neck.
Taulbee left and reportedly came back to the house where investigators reported that Charles was still alive. Taulbee then allegedly beat him with a bat.
The bodies of Dixie and Charles were reportedly found inside the home, Howard testified.
UPDATE: April 9 at 6:15 a.m.
The Bourbon County Coroner, DeeGee Roe, has confirmed with LEX 18 the identity of the second victim in the double murder that occurred last week in Bourbon County.
According to the coroner, the man has been identified as 24-year-old Charles "Chuck" Callaway from Mobile, Alabama.
Callaway was positively identified by a Kentucky State Police Analyst using the tattoos on his body, according to the coroner.
The coroner says they have learned that Callaway has family in Georgia and that he had been living in this area of Kentucky.
The coroner also reports that Callaway has children of his own.
UPDATE: April 8 at 1:15 p.m.
LEX 18 obtained an arrest citation for 19-year-old Christopher Taulbee, who was arrested in Carter County on April 3 after he allegedly killed two people in Bourbon County.
The arrest citation details that the officer observed the vehicle missing a front driver-side door and a flat tire and noted that Taulbee was naked and not wearing a seat belt.
The officer, according to the citation, initiated his emergency lights and pulled Taulbee over, in which he noticed "blood on his hands and chest."
According to the citation, Taulbee is also charged with failure to wear seat belts, failure to produce an insurance card, no registration receipt, possession of marijuana, and drug paraphernalia- buy/possess.
UPDATE: April 4 at 10:00 a.m.
New details have been released regarding the double murder that happened in Bourbon County on Thursday.
A warrant of arrest states that 19-year-old Christopher Taulbee reportedly shot and killed 20-year-old Dixie Brainard and then allegedly stabbed an unknown male victim and hit him with a baseball bat.
According to the warrant, afterwards, Taulbee told a witness of his actions, picked them up, and brought them to the scene.
The warrant states that the witness told police that when arriving at the scene, they observed Taulbee "strike the unknown male victim, who was still alive, numerous times in the head with a baseball bat."
Further, the warrant notes that Brainard and the victim were "in a dating relationship."
Original Story:
In Bourbon County, a man and woman are dead in what police are calling a double murder on Big Stoner Road, meanwhile, one man is in custody for the crime.
Officials released the identity of the woman killed, and LEX 18's Kayleigh Randle sat down with 20-year-old Dixie Brainard's parents as they reflected on who she was as a person.
"I can't say the worst is yet to come because the worst is here. I no longer have a daughter," Daniel Brainard, Dixie's father, emotionally expressed. "She was my little stinker. She was the one I always took to do things with me. Work on cars, weld. Do whatever. She was always the one, cause she was the oldest and the biggest and the cheapest help."
Early Thursday morning, police said one woman and one man were found dead on Big Stoner Road in Bourbon County. The family confirmed that the woman was Dixie, however, officials have not released the identity of the second victim.
Troopers arrested a man on the Rowan-Carter County line. Dixie's parents tell us her baby's father is 19-year-old Christopher Taulbee. Taulbee is booked in the Bourbon County Jail and charged with murder.
"I got a phone call from a friend of mine. He has a scanner of some sort. He recognized the address, and he told me I needed to get over there because there had been shots fired and it was a bad situation. He didn't know what all was going on," said Daniel.
Daniel said Dixie was the oldest of five kids. She wasn't just an overall good kid but a great mom who now leaves behind a baby boy.
"To lay my child to rest for good. I have to find a place to put her and I don't know what to do," Daniel said. "I don't- it's hard. I don't know what to feel, I don't know how to feel, how I should feel, what I should say, shouldn't say. Yeah, what to do now that's a big question."
Daniel explained that Dixie had asked him for a gun recently for protection. He said parents shouldn't be afraid to question their kids harder about something.
"If you need help don't be scared to ask your parents for it. A friend, a co-worker. Whoever it may be because this was domestic violence at it's worst. And it was jealousy and it was rage and undisciplined children," Daniel said.
For now, Dixie's parents plans to keep her memory alive for everyone, especially her son.
If you or someone you know has experienced domestic violence, you can call the hotline at (800) 799-7233 or text BEGIN to 88788.
