BEATTYVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — An Irvine man has been accused of breaking into the motel where his soon-to-be fiancée died and making threats toward the man allegedly responsible.
On June 27, 2025, Reacheal Dawson was found deceased in a motel room at the Red Roof Inn on Interstate Drive in Winchester. According to authorities, that room was rented out by Brian Epperson.
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He was arrested and later charged with murder in connection with another death — the May 31 overdose of 32-year-old Kristen Morris, who was found dead inside a Powell County Airbnb.
On Dec. 26, officers returned to the Red Roof Inn after receiving complaints of a disturbance. Court records show that the motel employee told officers that Thompson had “popped the lock” on a side door after the clerk refused to rent him a room…