Woman found dead in Jefferson County, Indiana, sheriff's department investigating drug-related charges
Updated: 4:48 PM EDT May 15, 2022
WLKY Digital Team
Jefferson County Indiana Sheriff
SOURCE: Jefferson County Indiana Sheriff
A dead body was found at a business in Jefferson County, Indiana on Saturday, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.Around 1:10 p.m. on May 14, sheriff's deputies responded to a call at the Sunoco convenience store on SR 256 in the town of Kent for a death investigation. They found Christy "Cricket" Newman, 44, of Kent, and determined her to be dead.Shortly after, they responded to another call at a residence on West Kent Blankenship Road.Dalton Simmonds, 28, also of Kent, was arrested at the residence on drug charges, said police. The Sheriff's Department did not say whether the drug-related arrest and the death were connected, but they did say that were in a domestic partnership with each other.An autopsy is being conducted on Newman later this week to determine the cause of death.This investigation is ongoing, and further details will be released when available.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ind. —
A dead body was found at a business in Jefferson County, Indiana on Saturday, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Around 1:10 p.m. on May 14, sheriff's deputies responded to a call at the Sunoco convenience store on SR 256 in the town of Kent for a death investigation.
They found Christy "Cricket" Newman, 44, of Kent, and determined her to be dead.
Shortly after, they responded to another call at a residence on West Kent Blankenship Road.
Dalton Simmonds, 28, also of Kent, was arrested at the residence on drug charges, said police.
The Sheriff's Department did not say whether the drug-related arrest and the death were connected, but they did say that were in a domestic partnership with each other.
An autopsy is being conducted on Newman later this week to determine the cause of death.
This investigation is ongoing, and further details will be released when available.