An eastern Kentucky man has been arrested in the murder of his wife.
The Breathitt County Sheriff’s Office arrested Berry Johnson, 62, of Jackson, and charged him in the Saturday morning shooting death of his wife, 39-year-old Tammy Thorpe, according to WYMT.com.
The couple married in December 2022.
Johnson, police told the television station, staged the scene to make it appear as if Thorpe had committed suicide. A small child was in the room when Johnson is accused of shooting Thorpe while she slept.
He was arrested on Sunday and charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and first-degree wanton endangerment and lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail on a $1 million cash bond.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
