Current:Home > MyMan arrested in connection with Kentucky student wrestler's death: What we know -FundSphere
Man arrested in connection with Kentucky student wrestler's death: What we know
View
Date:2025-04-13 16:07:49
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Kentucky college student and athlete.
Josiah Malachi Kilman, 18, was found unresponsive in his dorm room at Campbellsville University in Kentucky on Saturday, according to the university. He was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. His body is being sent to the state Medical Examiner's Office in Louisville to determine the cause of death.
Campbellsville University is a private Christian university located in Campbellsville, Kentucky, about 85 miles southeast of Louisville and 83 miles southwest of Lexington.
Kilman is the latest student to die on a college campus this month. Last week, the body of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley was found in a wooded area on the University of Georgia's main campus in Athens. Athens resident Jose Antonio Ibarra was taken into custody in connection with her death. There was another death on UGA's campus at a student dormitory on Feb. 21, but foul play was not suspected and it was not connected to the homicide case, UGA police said.
At the University of Colorado, Nicholas Jordan, a 25-year-old student, faces two counts of first degree murder in the Feb. 16 deaths of Samuel Knopp, Jordan's 24-year-old roommate and a registered student at the university, and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, who was not enrolled.
Who was Josiah Kilman?
Kilman was from Montana and joined the Campbellsville University wrestling team, according to a statement from the college's president, Joseph Hopkins, following his death.
Hopkins described Kilman as a "bright light, and a person of incredible hope."
On Sunday, Campbellsville University held a prayer vigil at the Ransdell Chapel on campus.
Who was arrested?
On Saturday, police arrested 21-year-old Charles E. Escalera after the Green County Sheriff's Office and Kentucky State Police received a call of a "suspicious male inside a barn" on the Green County and Taylor County line, according to the Campbellsville Police Department.
He was arrested "without incident" and is facing burglary and murder charges in connection with Kilman's death.
Both Escalera and Kilman were members Campbellsville University's wrestling team, the college told ABC News.
Contributing: Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, Louisville Courier Journal.
veryGood! (2244)
Related
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Video shows runner come face-to-face with brown bear and her cubs on California trail
- Nic Kerdiles’ Cause of Death Revealed
- Judge declares mistrial in case of Brett Hankison, ex-officer involved in fatal Breonna Taylor raid
- Gen. Mark Milley's security detail and security clearance revoked, Pentagon says
- Nicki Minaj announces Pink Friday 2 Tour: What you need to know, including tickets, dates
- From wild mustangs to reimagined housing, check out these can't-miss podcasts
- Judge finds Voting Rights Act violation in North Dakota redistricting for two tribes
- 2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
- America's Most Wanted fugitive who eluded authorities for decades sentenced for killing Florida woman
Ranking
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- DeSantis appointees seek Disney communications about governor, laws in fight over district
- The Excerpt podcast: Body of Israeli abducted in Hamas rampage found
- Godmother of A.I. Fei-Fei Li on technology development: The power lies within people
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- New York authorities make 'largest-ever seizure' of counterfeit goods worth more than $1B
- A Swedish hydrofoil ferry seeks to electrify the waterways
- Report: NFL investigating why Joe Burrow was not listed on Bengals injury report
Recommendation
Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
Judge rules Michigan lawmakers violated open meetings law during debate on gun control legislation
Peso Pluma, Nicki Nicole go red carpet official at Latin Grammys 2023: See the lovebirds
US wildlife managers have no immediate plans to capture wandering Mexican gray wolf
Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
You'll be able to buy a car off Amazon next year
Four of 7 officers returned to regular duty after leak of Nashville school shooting records
Colorado judge keeps Trump on ballot, rejecting challenge under Constitution’s insurrection clause