Three-plus years after two hunters discovered a dead body about a mile from I-64 near where Boyd, Carter and Greenup counties meet — across from the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North
BOYD COUNTY, KY (WOWK) – Officials in Kentucky now know the identity of a John Doe found murdered in Boyd County in 2020. According to the Boyd County Coroner’s Office, the deceased male known as the “EastPark John Doe” has been positively identified as 26-year-old Zachary Tyler Pearson of St. Albans, West Virginia. The coroner’s […]
Three-plus years after two hunters discovered a dead body about a mile from I-64 near where Boyd, Carter and Greenup counties meet — across from the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North
Henry Culvyhouse
CNHI News Service Apr 25, 2021
1 hr ago
EASTPARK, KY â On July 18, 2020, a couple of hunters were making some preparations for the fall on a piece of land they leased on the edge of Boyd County, up at the Industrial Parkway.
The week prior, according to authorities, they had smelled something rancid, perhaps a dead animal. This time, they followed the stench â thatâs when Boyd County Coroner Mark Hammond said they found a human buttocks sticking out of the ground.
On top of the buttocks was a bit of rock and the charred remnants of a fire, according to Hammond. Kentucky State Police Detective Matthew Boarman said that fire could have been from any number of scenarios â evidence disposal, trying to conceal a smell or lit by people who didnât even know there was a human body underneath it.
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