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Murder suspect moved from jail

Lillie Stanton transferred to KCPC for mental treatment

June 12, 2012|By Fred Petke | The Winchester Sun

Double murder suspect Lillie Stanton began a court-ordered 30-day stay at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center Monday after case workers said she planned to harm herself in jail.

Stanton, 48, was charged with the deaths of her daughter, 23-year-old Danel Korrey Stanton, and granddaughter, 22-month-old Kaydence Ray Miers, on May 20 in their home at 233 Vaught Road.

According to court documents, employees from Bluegrass Comprehensive Care evaluated Lillie Stanton twice after her arrest and recommended that she be moved to KCPC “without delay due to intense suicidal ideation with intent and strong desire to plan self harm.”

Lillie Stanton had wounded herself following the two deaths on May 20. According to a search warrant, Lillie Stanton’s ex-husband Robert Stanton told police that when he arrived home that day, he saw Lillie Stanton stabbing herself with a knife. Police said she had wounds to her wrists and her neck, and still bore the bandages three days later when she was released from the hospital.

In her order, Clark District Judge Brandy Oliver Brown required a 30-day stay at KCPC for treatment only. A separate motion and order would need to be filed for any competency or mental evaluations. So far, none have been filed. Lillie Stanton was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Clark District Court, but the hearing will be postponed, according to court officials.

Lillie Stanton admitted to killing the two as a response to a May 23 child custody hearing between Danel Korrey Stanton and the child’s father, Jonathan Miers. Lillie Stanton told police she was afraid that the father would get more visitation time with the child. She said she wanted to take her daughter and granddaughter out of state, but did not have enough money. She told police that “killing them was the right thing to do,” according to the citation.

She said she cut the throats of both her granddaughter and daughter, but had to suffocate her daughter as well.

Police said there were no prior reports of violence in the home.

According to the search warrants, police confiscated 10 knives from the home and 14 other items with blood on them.

She is being held on a $500,000 bond.

Contact Fred Petke at fpetke@winchestersun.com.

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