Convicted Killer Arrested for Girlfriend, Her Daughter’s Double Murder

Murder Files Unsealed · Oct 7, 2026 · 31m · transcript

Following a welfare check prompted by a missed workday, Kentucky law enforcement discovered the bodies of Kayla Blake and her thirteen-year-old daughter Kennedy inside their Morehead home. Investigators quickly zeroed in on Kayla's boyfriend, Joshua Kotrell, who possessed a troubling criminal past that included a previous manslaughter conviction for a killing in 2003. Authorities ultimately tracked down and apprehended Kotrell at a hospital located roughly four hours away in Paduca. Currently facing two counts of murder and evidence tampering, Kotrell awaits extradition back to Rowan County…