This was on the news today. What does it have to do with genealogy? Jane McBroom wrote: > Brother accused in slaying > Suspect was to be picked up on mental detainer > warrant > > By JOHN LUCAS, Courier Western Kentucky bureau > (502) 333-4899 > > MORGANFIELD, Ky. A 45-year-old Morganfield man is > undergoing psychiatric evaluation at Hendersons River Valley > Behavioral Health after allegedly killing his brother Thursday > morning. > > Taken into custody at the scene was Jerry Ricketts, a > light-equipment operator for the Union County Road > Department. He was charged with murder and taken to the > behavioral health facility for evaluation, Union County Sheriff > Ronnie Girten said. > > The shooting occurred shortly before 9 a.m. at a small trailer > Ricketts was renting from McElroy Farms at 5693 Kentucky > 56, about five miles east of Morganfield. Police found the body > of John Ricketts, 48, near the trailer. > > An autopsy done Thursday at Regional Medical Center > determined John Ricketts had been shot four times in the > chest with a .22-caliber rifle, Union County Coroner Bob > Scarberry said Thursday night. > > The shooting occurred less than 10 minutes before Girten and > Deputy Sheriff Mike Thompson arrived at the trailer at 8:55 > a.m. to take Jerry Ricketts into custody on a mental detainer > warrant issued earlier that morning by Union District Judge > Rene Williams. > > That detainer, requested by a family member, would have > committed Ricketts to 72 hours of involuntary hospitalization, > Union County Attorney George Drury said. > > The sheriff and other court officials said confidentiality > requirements for mental health cases prevented them from > discussing the reasons for the detainer being issued. > > When the two officers drove up to the residence, located on a > bare hilltop, Girten said they saw a man on the ground in the > yard a few feet from the trailer. > > The sheriff said he checked the man, whom he recognized as > John Ricketts, while Thompson called for an ambulance. > > About that time, Jerry Ricketts came out of the door of the > trailer carrying a rifle, Girten said. > > We asked him to put the rifle down, which he did, Girten > said. He stepped off the porch, and he surrendered to our > custody. > > Girten said John Ricketts wife told him her husband had gone > to the trailer to check on his brother. > > The sheriff said he had no idea why the shooting occurred and > was not aware of any trouble between the brothers. >