13-year-old, father dead in apparent murder-suicide at Ky. hotel, police say

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) – Police say a man and his 13-year-old son were found dead in a Nicholasville hotel room Tuesday in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide.

According to the Nicholasville Police Department, officers were called to the Comfort Inn on All Star Way around 1 p.m. after hotel staff reported that two guests had not checked out by the noon deadline. When staff entered the room, they found both people unresponsive and called police.

Police say officers found 57-year-old Joseph Kiser, of the Raleigh, North Carolina area, dead along with his 13-year-old son. Police say Kiser died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and believe he shot his son in the back of the head before turning the gun on himself…

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