Kentucky woman says she survived encounter with man some are calling a serial killer

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) — A Kentucky woman said she survived an encounter with a man investigators have linked to multiple suspicious overdose deaths — including the death of her best friend.

Heather Shelton said Brian Epperson, who faces charges in connection to the overdose deaths of two Kentucky women, tried to kill her months after her friend’s death.

“He’s taken everything he could take and he’s taken her from us,” Shelton said. “So, he’s taken everything.”

It was November 2024 when Shelton got the call that her best friend, Hilory Davis, was found dead inside a Lexington hotel room of an apparent meth overdose…

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