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Local rescue squad finds missing woman within 20 minutes with K9
BENTON, Ky. — A Benton-based volunteer rescue organization reported Wednesday that its K9 located a missing woman within 20 minutes. A Facebook post by Marshall County Rescue Squad said that Stephany Floyd, 36, had reportedly left her home around 6 a.m. Wednesday. The rescue team deployed K9 Nyx and its handler, Amy Mcleod Barrett, and quickly found Floyd alive. She had been lying in an area since the early morning hours and required medical attention.
Wohner sentenced to 22 years
Joseph Wohner, who was facing a murder charge, appeared in Marion Circuit Court Division 2 on May 9 and pleaded guilty to an amended charge of first-degree manslaughter. Wohner, 45, was charged with the 2021 murder of Joshua Paul Mudd. He originally was charged with murder, but the Commonwealth agreed to a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter in exchange for a guilty plea and Judge Kaelin Reed sentenced Wohner to 17 years. He also pleaded guilty to a convicted felon in possession of a handgun, for which he was sentenced to 5 years to run consecutively with the manslaughter charge; convicted felon in possession of a handgun, enhancement cultivation of marijuana 5 or more plants, convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and enhancement trafficking in marijuana, less than 8 ounces, first offense, for which he was sentenced to 5 years on each count to run concurrent with his other charges for a total of 22 years.
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