Dentist, Son Arrested for Fatal Stabbing

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3 people are charged in a Kentucky woman’s fatal stabbing, but her family says local police are at fault, too

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Amber Spradlin , 39 , was found dead more than a year ago , in the home of a well-known eastern Kentucky dentist.

The circumstances surrounding her killing remain unclear and have cast what a local official described as a “cloud” over the community where she lived.

A phone call made from McKinney ’s home in the hours before her death is at the heart of a lawsuit her family filed earlier this year .

The lawsuit alleges the younger McKinney had been drinking heavily with a person accused of wrongful death in the suit.

The next day , Spradlin was pronounced dead at a home south of Prestonsburg after being repeatedly stabbed.

The lawsuit accuses the 911 call center of failing to properly train call takers.

The current police chief defends the 911 center, citing record-low response times.

The indictment also accuses the defendants of planting a knife in the couch where Spradlin was fatally stabbed in an effort to “suggest it was the murder weapon.” The defendants’ next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 24 ..

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