Authorities release name of elderly woman stabbed to death at Old Louisville retirement home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Authorities have identified the elderly woman who died last month after she was stabbed at the retirement community where she was staying.

The Jefferson County coroner's office has identified the victim as 73-year-old Brenda Kemp.

It happened in the early morning hours of May 15 inside Kemp's apartment at the Friendship House on South Fourth Street in Old Louisville. That's where first responders found Kemp with a stab wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Louisville Metro Police arrested 73-year-old Kenneth Muse and charged him with Kemp's murder. Court records indicate he was staying with Kemp. Police said he dialed from his own phone number to report the crime. A phone bill found in the victim's apartment had Muse's name and the same phone number listed on it.

Muse remains jailed on a $500,000 full cash bond.

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