A Hopkinsville man charged with murder after a man’s body was found inside a home on North McPherson Avenue was arraigned in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday morning.
According to court records, 31-year old Lance Bowden appeared with public defender, Munroe Graham, before Chief Circuit Judge John Atkins where they waived formal reading of the indictment and a not guilty plea was entered.
Bowden was indicted by a Christian County grand jury on April 29th in connection to the death of 31-year old John Kellems of Beaver Dam. The indictment alleges Bowden used a knife to cut Kellem’s throat.
Judge Atkins set a pretrial conference for the morning of June 22 at 8:30.
