KSP in Mayfield investigating death of Tennessee man

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today

KUTTAWA, Ky. (KT) - Detectives at Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 1 in Mayfield are conducting a death investigation after the body of a Tennessee man was discovered on the bank of the Cumberland River in Lyon County.

Just after 2 p.m. on Monday, KSP Post 1 received a call from an individual on McKinney Road in Kuttawa advising that they had located a body on the bank of the Cumberland River at the end of McKinney Road. Troopers and detectives responded to the scene and identified the deceased individual as Darrion M. Young, 37 years old of Nashville, TN.

KSP Post 1 had previously begun a missing person investigation for Young, after locating a vehicle associated with him abandoned on the I-24 Cumberland River bridge.

On March 13, at 9 p.m. CDT, a KSP Post 1 Lieutenant observed a 2018 red Dodge Charger on the shoulder of the I-24 Cumberland River bridge. KSP was not able to locate anyone in or around the vehicle. The troopers then contacted Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) in Tennessee requesting an officer to attempt to make contact with the registered owner at an address in Nashville. MNPD sent an officer, who located a dead woman at the residence.

Through collaboration between KSP Post 1 and the MNPD Homicide Unit, Darrion Young was identified as a murder suspect and was also believed by Nashville authorities to have been operating the vehicle that was found abandoned by the KSP on the I-24 Cumberland River bridge.

A preliminary search of the Cumberland River was conducted after the abandoned vehicle was located and subsequent searches were scheduled to take place this week. There is no foul play suspected in the death of Mr. Young. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1. The investigation remains ongoing by KSP Post 1 Detective William Propes.