Murder charges filed against a man and woman in Hardin County

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WDRB) -- Murder charges have been filed against a man and woman in Hardin County.

Kentucky State Police said 27-year-old Jacob Lugmayer of Radcliff and 33-year-old Krystal A. Erbelding of Elizabethtown were arrested Thursday night for allegedly killing Ebelding's mother.

According to KSP, the Elizabethtown Police Department was notified Thursday of a possible homicide on Wise Lane in Hardin County. After getting a search warrant, police found the body of 63-year-old Kathy Erbelding of Elizabethtown. She died of an apparent gunshot wound in her home.

An arrest citation says Lugmayer fled the home when police arrived to serve a search warrant. Officers saw him running into the woods and throwing a phone.

He was tracked down by officers and located on Hutcheson Lane. Lugmayer admitted to attempting to dispose of the body.

In a separate arrest citation for Erbelding, the suspect told officers that Lugmayer shot and killed her mother. After the victim was dead, Erbelding said she withdrew $700 from her mother's bank account and transferred it to her own.

Lugmayer is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence, robbery and abuse of a corpse. Krystal A. Erbelding is charged with murder, robbery and abuse of a corpse. Both were taken to the Hardin County Detention Center.

An autopsy has been scheduled for later today at the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville.