Caldwell County Murder Case Dismissed - WPKY

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The execution lawsuit against a South Carolina antheral who allegedly killed his woman and buried her assemblage successful a shallow sedate astatine a cemetery adjacent Fredonia has been dismissed successful Caldwell County.

Joseph Florentine is charged with execution and maltreatment of a corpse successful the decease of 36-year aged Nicole Renee Florentine, whose assemblage was recovered successful Hill Cemetery connected June 13, 2020.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Carrie Ovey-Wiggins tells the News Edge said this lawsuit against Florentine was dismissed without prejudice.

click to download audioA question to disregard a lawsuit without prejudice means is dismissed for now, but the authoritative tin inactive re-file the lawsuit astatine a aboriginal point.

According to the question to disregard the complaint of execution filed by Florentine’s attorney, Gregory Coulson of Lexington, Florentine, and his woman were full-time residents of South Carolina. In the find provided to the state, helium said determination is circumstantial grounds that the mates was unneurotic astir the day of June 9, 2020. Further evidence, helium stated, showed that Nicole’s telephone was progressive successful Greenville, South Carolina connected that day. That evening, Nicole’s telephone stopped connecting to compartment towers, with the past substance sent from her telephone astir 10:07 the nighttime of June 9, 2020, from the determination successful South Carolina. The question states 4 days aboriginal Nicole’s assemblage was discovered successful a shallow sedate successful a cemetery successful Caldwell County. The probe which followed reportedly showed that a conveyance and idiosyncratic which instrumentality enforcement believed to lucifer Florentine was seen purchasing substance and a substance instrumentality successful adjacent proximity to the find of his wife’s body.

The authorities further alleges that the rental car which matched this statement was discovered successful Colorado wherever Florentine was located. A container containing Florentine’s machine was recovered connected the broadside of the roadworthy successful Illinois, and the conveyance purportedly contained the humor of his woman adjacent the trunk of the car. Thus, the question says the authorities has circumstantial grounds that Florentine was progressive successful the disposal of Nicole’s assemblage successful the authorities of Kentucky. However, the authorities does not person grounds that she was killed successful Kentucky.

The question goes connected to accidental the information of the assemblage erstwhile it was discovered was notable for, among different issues, precocious decomposition. It states this suggests that Nicole had perished sometime anterior to the burial of the remains. Coulson said successful the question erstwhile coupled with the grounds of the mobile telephone stopping days anterior successful South Carolina, this creates beardown grounds that Nicole neither passed distant of suffered a fatal coiled portion successful Kentucky.

Florentine was located and arrested successful Denver, Colorado connected June 23rd and was extradited backmost to Kentucky. He remained lodged successful the Caldwell County Jail until helium was turned implicit to national authorities.

The agreed bid to disregard the lawsuit successful Caldwell County was signed by Circuit Court Judge Jamus Redd past week.