Kachelle Isbell
A Hopkinsville woman charged with an April murder on College Street will head to trial in March 2022.
Kachelle Isbell is charged with murder in connection to the death of 33-year-old Anthony Johnson. Hopkinsville Police said Isbell shot Johnson in the neck in the early morning hours of April 3rd. She was located at the scene of the shooting with a gun and reportedly admitted to shooting him.
Isbell, her attorney, and special prosecutor Tim Cocanougher appeared before Christian Circuit Judge Andrew Self Wednesday.
The up to week-long trial will begin Monday, March 7, 2022, with a final pre-trial scheduled for Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
College Street murder case set for March jury trial
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Trial date set in College Street fatal shooting case
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25-year old Kachelle Isbell was indicted April 23 for the murder of 33-year old Anthony Johnson.
Isbell and her court-appointed attorney, Douglas Moore, appeared virtually before Judge Andrew Self. Moore entered a not guilty plea and asked Judge Self to set a hearing because he wants to call two witnesses. Moore indicated he had filed a motion to disqualify the commonwealth’s attorney’s office from prosecuting the case with Judge Self indicating he didn’t have a response from Rick Boling.
click to download audioJudge Self set a hearing for Thursday morning, May 13, at 10:30.
Isbell was charged with murder after Hopkinsville police responded to College Street in the early morning hours of April 3 and found Johnson with a gunshot wound to his neck. Police located Isbell at the scene of the shooting with a gun where she reportedly admitted to shooting Johnson.
Superseding indictments were returned against former First United Methodist Reverend Paige Williams and former daycare director Abby Leach they were both previously charged with only one county of complicity to child abuse, but now they’re indicted on eight counts each of complicity to criminal child abuse against children under the age 12. The indictments allege they “breached their legal duty to protect the minor children by failing to prevent Alison Simpson and or Nina Cook from intentionally abusing” those children. In each count, the victim is described as being under the age of 13 months old.
All of the counts allege Simpson placed the victims “in a situation that may cause serious physical injury, causing torture, cruel confinement or cruel punishment.” A fourth suspect, former daycare worker Nina Morgan, is charged with two-counts of criminal child abuse.