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Butler County Man Charged with Murdering Married Couple

Kentucky State Police

A Morgantown man is facing two murder charges in the case of an elderly couple found dead in their Butler County home in August.

Kentucky State Police report that 34-year-old Kevin Dye was indicted by a Butler County Grand Jury Wednesday. He's charged in the murders of 71-year-old Kenneth Neafus and his 70-year-old wife Dorothy Neafus. 

Kenneth Neafus had been a pastor at Little Muddy Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Morgantown.

Dye is also charged with possession of handgun by a convicted felon, receiving a stolen firearm and being a persistent felony offender. He's being held in the Butler County Jail.

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