Two Elizabethtown men have been charged with the murder of an elderly Hart County man.
The murder occurred Friday night just before 6:00 at a residence in the 10070 block of Hammonsville Road in Hart County. Kentucky State Police, upon responding to a report of a deceased male in the yard at that address, located 78-year-old Robert W. Myers, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Hart County Coroner’s Office.
State police said Myers was shot after he confronted three men who were stealing items from a residence he owned. The suspects were spotted leaving the scene in a U-Haul truck traveling north on Hammonsville Road.
State police said that on Saturday morning, the U-Haul truck was found, with troopers Saturday afternoon arresting 21-year-old Cecil Daniels and 31-year-old Brandon M. Hodge and charging each with Myers’ murder.
The suspects were lodged in the Hart County Jail on $1 million bonds.
KSP did not release information on whether a third suspect is still being sought.
(Photo l-r: Brandon M. Hodge, Cecil Daniels)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
