[null, {"document_url": "http://www.lex18.com/story/36573638/murder-charge-added-to-suspect-in-powell-county-death-investigation", "unformatted_src": "http://WLEX.images.worldnow.com/images/static/hdr/hdr_branding.jpg", "src": "http://WLEX.images.worldnow.com/images/static/hdr/hdr_branding.jpg", "formatted_filename": "hdr branding"}, null, {"document_url": "http://www.lex18.com/story/36573638/murder-charge-added-to-suspect-in-powell-county-death-investigation", "unformatted_src": "http://WLEX.images.worldnow.com/images/15132678_G.jpg", "src": "http://WLEX.images.worldnow.com/images/15132678_G.jpg", "rendered_width": 180}, null, {"document_url": "http://www.lex18.com/story/36573638/murder-charge-added-to-suspect-in-powell-county-death-investigation", "unformatted_src": "http://lex18doppler.cordillera.tv/dopplerimages/maxtrack.jpg", "src": "http://lex18doppler.cordillera.tv/dopplerimages/maxtrack.jpg", "formatted_filename": "maxtrack", "rendered_width": 90, "rendered_height": 70}, null]
Murder Charge Added To Suspect In Powell County Death Investigat - LEX18.com | Continuous News and StormTracker Weather
 Murder Charge Added To Suspect In Powell County Death Investigation
 STANTON, Ky. (LEX 18) – A murder charge has been added to the list of charges after police discovered a man living with a dead body in his residence.

The death investigation began back in August.  Troopers received a tip about a body in the home of Jeremiah Vaught.

Investigators arrested Vaught, 30, of Stanton, and initially charged him with one count of tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. A grand jury examined the evidence and have subsequently indicted the suspect on a murder charge.

According to court documents, Vaught killed Joshua Ross by striking him in the head with a hammer. Police say that Vaught proceeded to conceal the body. He continued to live in the apartment with the corpse in the next room.

A friend of the victim told LEX 18 that he was homeless at the time of his death. MaxTrack Doppler