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Background: A section of Red Banks Road in Cumberland County, Kentucky (Google Maps). Inset: Heather Edens (Adair County Regional Jail).
According to records from the Adair County Regional Jail, 52-year-old Heather Edens faces murder charges following the death of her 60-year-old spouse, James Edens. She was taken into custody on Wednesday.
The incident unfolded on Tuesday evening at their residence on Red Banks Road in Cumberland County, a rural area bordering Tennessee in southern Kentucky.
The Kentucky State Police (KSP) stated that the couple was embroiled in an argument at their home. Heather Edens reportedly demanded that her husband leave. In the heat of the moment, she allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at him.
The Edenses were arguing at their home, according to the Kentucky State Police (KSP). Heather Edens said she wanted her husband to leave, and she allegedly brandished a gun and shot at him.
The Cumberland County Sheriff”s Office was called about a shooting and a “single-vehicle collision” and requested that KSP help them in their investigation, troopers say. They responded and found that the “male occupant” of the vehicle in question had suffered a gunshot wound.
James Edens had apparently been shot in his leg and was bleeding out in his vehicle, Lexington Fox affiliate WDKY reported.
He was brought to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators spoke with Heather Edens, who allegedly admitted to shooting her husband during an argument and that the gunshot “must have glanced off the concrete,” police alleged.
The defendant is reportedly being held in jail on a $1 million bond. She is set to appear in court on April 22.