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Kentucky Man Charged in Stearns Homicide After Missing Colorado Man Found Dead

Investigators report multiple gunshot wounds, with the victim’s body sent to the state medical examiner for further analysis.

Overview

  • Kentucky State Police arrested Daniel A. Kearney, 39, at a Stearns residence where officers discovered a body.
  • The victim was identified as Damian A. Poole, 36, of Monument, Colorado, who had been reported missing.
  • Investigators say Poole appeared to have sustained multiple gunshot wounds before his death.
  • Kearney faces charges of murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and cruelty to animals after two dead animals were found in the home.
  • Kearney was booked into the Knox County Detention Center at 6:48 a.m. Friday, according to his online inmate listing.