GOOD EVENING I’M RICK. I VICKI DORTCH A CONVICTED FELON, A WOMAN JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON. NOW HE’S GOING BACK BEHIND BARS FOR DECADES. JOSEPH MEREDITH WAS FOUND GUILTY IN THE DEATH OF ANGELA KERR, WLKY LAUREN ADAMS SPOKE WITH HER FATHER, WHO HAD SOME HARSH WORDS FOR HIS DAUGHTER’S KILLER AS IT WAS A LOVING, KIND PERSON. SHE HAD A HEART AND GO SOMETIMES THAT BIG HEART WOULD GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE SHE LET PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OVER DUNKERS ONLY CHILD ANGELA WAS MURDERED IN RADCLIFF IN MARCH 2021 BY A MAN SHE WEEKS BEFORE JOSEPH, WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON ON BURGLARY AND ROBBERY CHARGES IN JANUARY 20, 21. TWO MONTHS LATER, HE SHOT AND KILLED HER AND VIOLATED HER DEAD BODY. IN THIS CASE, WE HAD SOMEONE WHO RAN FROM THE POLICE FOR THE BETTER PART OF 8 HOURS THAT DAY BEFORE HE WAS. HE WAS PICKED UP. WE FOUND THE MURDER WEAPON IN HIS POCKET. HE HAD A CELL THAT HAD THE EVIDENCE ON IT. PROSECUTOR TERESA LOGSDON HAS CALLED MEREDITH A MONSTER. WHILE DOUG SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE KILLER JUST BEFORE HE WAS SENTENCED, WHEN HE TAKES HIS LAST BREATH ON THE SERVER, THERE’S A SPECIAL PLACE FOR HIM AND HAIL. AND DON’T EVER FORGET IT. AND FAR AS YOUR PATHETIC APOLOGY. I ACCEPT ANYTHING FROM YOU. AND AFTER DOUG KERR’S EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY HERE AT COURT. THE JUDGE FOLLOWED THE JURY’S RECOMMENDED SENTENCE OF 70 YEARS. EVEN STILL, JOSEPH MEREDITH WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AFTER 20 YEARS. AND FOR THE VICTIM’S FAMILY, THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I LOVE TO SING AND LAUGH WITH BRO OR DEATH. HE’S DONE GOT MORE THAN HE DESERVES. THAT WOULD REQUIRE CHANGES TO THE STATE LAW AS IT RELATES TO ABUSE OF A CORPSE. LOGSDON BELIEVES JUSTICE WAS SERVED FOR THE MOTHER OF TWO. AFTER ALL, 70 YEARS WAS THE MAXIMUM. AND KERR SAYS HE’S RELIEVED TO SEE JOSEPH MEREDITH HEADING BACK PRISON. THERE’S REALLY NO WORDS AFTER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT’S MOSTLY HUGS AND TEARS. IN HARLAN COUNTY, LAUR