Overview
- Marvin Knuckles died Tuesday after a fall while removing snow and ice at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty, according to officials.
- Correctional staff transported Knuckles to Appalachian Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 7:30 a.m. EST.
- The Department of Corrections reported the death to Kentucky State Police, and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet said it will conduct a review.
- The Morgan County coroner told relatives he fell down a steep, icy embankment estimated at about 40 feet, according to Knuckles’ sister, who questioned the pre-dawn, below-zero work assignment.
- Knuckles was serving a 12-year sentence on drug-related convictions; Gov. Andy Beshear cited more than 10 storm-related deaths statewide and promised full transparency in this case.