Staff Report Julius Sotomayor, the man charged in the death of Murray State senior Sarah Townsend, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, May 4. Sotomayor was arraigned virtually from the Calloway County Jail in front of Judge Jamie Jameson in the Calloway County Circuit Court. Shannon Powers, an attorney with the…
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Apr 7, 2021 9:50 AM
A Calloway County grand jury will hear the case against the man accused of murdering a Murray State student last month who had family in Hopkinsville.
The body of 21-year old Sarah Townsend of Farmville, Virginia was found early in the morning on March 26 on Fox Road near McCuiston Drive in Calloway County. An autopsy determined Townsend died from multiple gunshot wounds.
During a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Calloway District Court, KSP Detective Trevor Pervine testified Townsend had been at a party in Murray with 22-year old Julius Sotomayor of Almo the previous night and friends said he was the last person she was seen with.