AMY DYE - 9 yo (2011) - Trenton (NE of Fort Campbell) KY

TODD COUNTY, KY—An autopsy was performed today (02/05/11) at the State Medical Examiner’s Officer in Louisville. The cause of death for the victim, Amy R. Dye, was multiple, blunt force trauma.

On Friday, February 4, 2011, at approximately 10:20 p.m., the Kentucky State Police Post 2 Madisonville received a call from the Todd County Sheriff’s Department requesting assistance in locating a missing 9-year-old female. The location of the missing child was Dogwood Road between Guthrie and Trenton.

On Saturday, February 05, 2011, at approximately 12:21 a.m., KSP Post 2 was contacted again by Todd County advising that the 9-year-old female had been located deceased. The Todd County Coroner, Bob Whittlesey, pronounced the victim dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled for today at the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville. At the present time, no other information is available.

The investigation is continuing by the Kentucky State Police. Anyone with information concerning this investigation is urged to contact the Kentucky State Police at 1-270-676-3313 or toll-free in Kentucky at 1-800-222-5555. Callers may remain anonymous. The Todd County Sheriff’s Department, Todd County Rescue/EMS, Todd County EMA, the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wild Life, the Trenton Police Department, and the Todd County Coroner’s Office assisted at the scene.

http://isurfhopkins.com/local-news/9710-missing-childs-body-found-in-todd-county.html?tmpl=component

TRENTON, Ky. -- Kentucky State Police said an autopsy showed a 9-year-old girl died from blunt force trauma in Todd County on Saturday morning.The victim has been identified as Amy R. Dye.According
to KSP spokesman Stu Recke, KSP officers responded to the scene on
Dogwood Road near Lester Chapel Road between Trenton and Guthrie.Recke
said he received a call from Todd County Sheriff's deputies at 10:20
p.m. Friday requesting assistance with a missing person's report for the
girl.Two hours later, Todd County authorities contacted KSP and requested detectives be sent because the girl had been found dead.At about 3:30 a.m., Todd County deputies drove a man and a woman to Trenton City Hall for questioning.Police would not identify the man or the woman.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/26759672/detail.html

GUTHRIE, Ky-. A missing 9-year-old girl has
been found dead. Kentucky State Police say Amy Dye was reported missing
Friday night.
The family lives near Guthrie in Todd County.
Investigators said her body was found just after midnight under brush
about 100 yards from her home.
The family was grieving Saturday evening. And
with no suspects, there had certainly been no arrests made in this case
by Saturday night.
An autopsy indicated the little girl died from blunt force trauma leading investigators to call her death homicide.
The husband and wife are not the child's
biological parents. The child was related to the wife and legally
adopted by the couple.
"You never like to see death regardless of
whether it's an adult or a child; however, children are especially
difficult because it's such a young age, and the circumstances behind
it. You know that something happened that shouldn't have happened, and
it breaks your heart," said Trooper Stu Recke, Kentucky State Police.
Investigators were talking to Dye's parents Saturday night.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/13977306/missing-child-found-dead

Amy Dye

CBS/AP) Kentucky State Police say they've arrested a teenager for the
murder of 9-year-old western Kentucky girl Amy Dye. Police
said in a statement Monday that they have charged a 17-year-old with
murder and resisting arrest in the case. The child victim was reported
missing Friday and was found dead before dawn Saturday in Todd County,
between Trenton and Guthrie.
Preliminary autopsy results show the girl died of multiple blunt force trauma.
The teen was arrested Sunday afternoon and taken to the Warren County
Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Bowling Green. Police spokesman
Stu Recke declined to say whether the victim and the suspect
knew each other. According to the Kentucky New Era newsapaper, the
sheriff's department took a man and woman in separate patrol cars from
the investigation scene to Trenton City Hall for questioning.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20030869-504083.html

The murder of 9-year-old Amy Dye came as a shock to her tiny community in Trenton Kentucky last week

Now the news of who was arrested brings new worries.

Two sources familiar with the murder case say Dye's 17 year old cousin Garett Dye is the juvenile authorities arrested Sunday and charged with murder and resisting arrest.

Several Trenton residents tell us that news has them worried for the family.

"It impacts on that family in such a way. Not only is the girl dead and gone but the person they've arrested if he's guilty is in the family," said Bob Glover.

Fox 17 News has learned Garett dye lives in an underground home on the family's rural property in Trenton.

A source close to the case says Amy Dye was sent out to repair holes on the gravel driveway on the property Friday night as punishment for stealing food at school.

She disappeared around 6 PM and was reported missing at 10:20 PM. A teacher found her early Saturday morning murdered less than 100 yards from her home.

"It's really devastating to think that something like that could really happen to a poor little girl that was defenseless. and what was she doing out there by herself in the middle of the night," said Trenton Resident Lou Jean Griffin.
http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_6218.shtml

The teenager charged with killing a 9-year-old
girl is the child's older brother, according to a report by WHOP-FM in
Hopkinsville.Garrett Dye, 17, is accused of beating and killing
his sister, Amy Dye, on Feb. 4. The child was found in a field near her
home after family members reported her missing.At a Monday hearing, the case was sent to a grand jury and transferred to adult court.Garrett Dye will remain in juvenile custody until he turns 18 years old in October.A grand jury is expected to hear the case next week.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/26869944/detail.html

Poster's Note: Fratricide at this age is very unusual. I am leaning toward a horrible secret that Amy wasn't going to keep hidden any longer.

and the woman who had custody was not amy's biological mother so i have to wonder what occurred that she wasn't with the mom anymore?

GUTHRIE, Ky. - The teenage boy police said murdered 9-year-old Amy Dye was indicted by a grand jury Friday morning.
Garrett Thomas Dye is charged with murder, resisting arrest and tampering with physical evidence.
Kentucky State Police accused the 17-year-old boy of beating his 9-year-old adopted sister's head with a hydraulic jack handle.
Amy was reported missing on Friday, February
4. Police found her body just after midnight Saturday, February 5 under
brush about 100 yards from her home located on Dogwood Drive. She was
pronounced dead at the scene.
Amy was a 4th grader at South Todd Elementary
School. The child's parents are not her biological parents. Amy was
related to the wife and legally adopted by the couple.
Garrett will be tried as an adult on the charges. His next court appearance is schedule for February 23.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14058959/teen-indicted-for-murdering-9-year-old-sister

TODD COUNTY TEEN INDICTED FOR MURDER

A TODD COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED THE YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS SISTER AT THEIR TRENTON-AREA HOME ON FEBRUARY 4^TH.

THE “TRUE BILL” ALLEGES ONE COUNT EACH OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, RESISTING ARREST AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.

THE INDICTMENT SAYS 17-YEAR OLD GARRETT DYE USED A “HYDRAULIC JACK HANDLE” TO REPEATEDLY BEAT HIS 9-YEAR OLD SISTER AMY IN THE HEAD UNTIL SHE WAS DEAD NEAR THEIR 9-11 DOGWOOD LANE HOME.

THE SECOND COUNT IS FOR RESISTING ARREST AND THE INDICTMENT SAYS DYE BECAME COMBATIVE, FOUGHT AND USED PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE DETECTIVE WHO ARRESTED HIM ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 6^TH.

LASTLY, THE ONLY NEW CHARGE TACKED ON TO THE INDICTMENT WAS ONE OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. DYE ALLEGEDLY MOVED THE VICTIM’S BODY, HID HIS CLOTHES AND HID THE MURDER WEAPON BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.

CIRCUIT JUDGE TYLER GILL ALLOWED DYE’S ENTIRE CASE FILE TO BE MADE PUBLIC RECORD AFTER THE GRAND JURY HEARING. A DISTRICT COURT HEARING RECORD SHOWS THAT PART OF THE REASONING FOR HIM BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT WAS A “SUBSTANTIAL” HISTORY OF RUN-INS WITH THE LAW.

THE FILE ALSO CONTAINS AN AFFADAVIT FOR A SEARCH WARRANT WRITTEN BY K-S-P DETECTIVE LONNIE KAVANAUGH. THE AFFADAVIT SAYS DYE ADMITTED THAT HE KILLED HIS SISTER WITH THE JACK HANDLE AND THAT HE TRIED TO COVER IT UP BY WASHING A T-SHIRT HE HAD BEEN WEARING AND THAT HE HID THE WEAPON.



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http://www.whopam.com/news/590-todd-county-teen-indicted-for-murder.html

The Todd County teen charged with beating his nine-year-old adopted sister has entered a not guilty plea in the case.
Garrett Dye, 17, is also charged with tampering with evidence and
resisting arrest in the incident. Amy Dye's body was found in a field
February 4, several hours after she was reported missing.
Police say the teen has admitted beating the little girl with a jack
handle and allegedly also told detectives where to find the weapon.
http://www.lex18.com/news/teen-pleads-not-guilty-in-death-of-adopted-sister

March 26 2011
The attorney representing a 17-year-old murder defendant in Todd
County will ask next month to try the case in a different county’s
courtroom. He fears Todd County’s potential jurors have heard too much
about the case to give the teen a fair hearing.

Garrett Dye appeared Wednesday in Todd Circuit Court for his
first pretrial hearing. Judge Tyler Gill suggested scheduling a trial
date, and the attorneys settled on July 25, a Monday.

They also scheduled a review for April 27. Dye’s attorney, Dennis
Ritchie, said on Wednesday afternoon he’ll file several motions at the
review, including his request for a change of venue.http://alllegalinformation.com/attorney-attorney-seeks-venue-change-for-todd-teens-murder-trial/

The teenager accused of beating his sister to death makes an appearance in court today.
Attorneys for 17-year-old Garrett Dye requested a change of venue today.

The Clerk's office says the hearing for that motion will be on May 23rd in Todd County.

Dye is accused of beating his nine-year-old adopted sister Amy to death in February with a hydraulic jack handle.
http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/Teenager_Accused_of_Beating_Sister_to_Death_Makes_Court_Appearance_120808319.html

There was a psychiatric evaluation sought for this case as well - no doubt we will hear mention of it during the trial?

Judge Delays Motion for Venue Change Ruling in Todd County Murder Case
Post Published: 26 July 2011

ELKTON, KY.– A Todd County Circuit Court judge has delayed making a ruling regarding a change of venue motion filed by the defense attorney of Garrett Dye. Court officials say the judge will reconsider the change of venue during Dye’s trial in November.

In addition, court officials say Judge Tyler Gill did not rule on the suppression of evidence motion, but attorneys will be back in court on Friday for that discussion.

17 year old Garrett Dye is charged with the February 4th murder of his biological cousin and adopted sister, 9 year old Amy Dye, after he allegedly beat her in the head with a hydraulic jack handle at their home on Dogwood Lane near Trenton.

http://www.source16.com/index.php/news/judge-delays-motion-for-venue-change-ruling-in-todd-county-murder-case