WKYT Investigates: Bourbon County woman questions law enforcement response before husband’s death

Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available by calling or texting 988.

PARIS, Ky. (WKYT) – A Bourbon County woman says law enforcement failed to act after she obtained a court order to have her husband involuntarily hospitalized for mental health treatment, and he later died.

Samantha Thompson said her husband, Ryan Shrout, who she’d been with for 11 years, had been dealing with mental health struggles…

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