The Anneta man who confessed to killing his wife has been formally sentenced on murder, child molestation, child porn, and incest charges.
Orbay Wilson, 29, pled guilty in a Grayson County courtroom in March 2023 to murder (domestic violence), two counts of first-degree sodomy (victim under the age of 12), two counts of incest (victim under the age of 12), two counts of use of a minor under the age of 16 in a sexual performance, two counts of possessing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor (victim under the age of 12), and tampering with physical evidence.
Wilson was formally sentenced under the March plea deal on Tuesday to a life sentence on the murder charge, 20 years each on the sodomy charges, 20 years each on the incest charges, 20 years each on the use of a minor in a sex performance counts, 20 years each on the child porn charges, and five years on the tampering count.
The sentences will run concurrently. Per Kentucky Revised Statute, he will be eligible for parole after serving 20 years. According to the plea agreement, upon his release from prison, Wilson will serve five years of supervised release and he must register as a sex offender for the remainder of his lifetime.
He was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Kenneth H. Goff II.
Wilson, on the afternoon of June 29, 2022, shot his 23-year-old wife, Lexus C. Wilson, as she slept in their mobile home in the 200 block of Decker School Road in Anneta. He initially told police his wife committed suicide.
Soon after arriving at the residence, then-Grayson Co. Sgt. Clay Boone and EMS personnel requested Grayson Co. Coroner Joe Brad Hudson.
Hudson, during the post-mortem examination at the residence, noticed suspicious blood splatter evidence on the victim and then on the suspect, according to a person familiar with the investigation. That, along with other unusual circumstances, prompted the coroner’s office to notify the sheriff’s office that Orbay Wilson needed to be interrogated.
Kentucky State Police was notified by Sheriff Norman Chaffins of the potential murder, with KSP Detective James Gaither then assisting the investigation.
That investigation led Gaither to question Wilson at the Leitchfield Police Department. During questioning, according to the arrest citation, he confessed to shooting his wife. He also, according to a person familiar with the interrogation, told Gaither he had thought of killing his wife before.
Wilson was originally charged with murder (domestic violence) and tampering with physical evidence. He was indicted on those charges in early August 2022. But after further investigation, the sodomy, sexual abuse and incest counts were added to the list of charges and appear to indicate Wilson molested at least one of his young children.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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