Overview
- Police say officers were called around 12:55 p.m. Wednesday to a Smith Ridge Road home and found a woman in the front yard with multiple stab wounds.
- An arrest citation identifies the victim as Erica Meredith, who was airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital; officials have not released her condition.
- Kayla Thompson, 35, was located just before 3 p.m., questioned by Campbellsville police, arrested on a first-degree assault charge, and booked into the Taylor County Detention Center.
- A nearby resident told police she heard two women arguing and heard Thompson say she was going to stab Meredith, though she did not witness the stabbing.
- Thompson told investigators she swung a box cutter during a fight after Meredith allegedly tried to punch her, and police say the investigation remains open.