Kentucky Paramedic Charged With Murder In Boggess Case

    Sept. 22, 2003
    A Boyd County grand jury Thursday indicted a local paramedic for the murder of Chad Ray Boggess, an inmate who was beaten last year in the Boyd County Detention Center and died nearly four weeks later in the hospital
    ASHLAND A Boyd County grand jury Thursday indicted a local paramedic for the murder of Chad Ray Boggess, an inmate who was beaten last year in the Boyd County Detention Center and died nearly four weeks later in the hospital.

    The grand jury also indicted two former deputy jailers on charges of first-degree assault.

    Marty Johnson, 29, of Flatwoods, a paramedic with Boyd County EMS, was charged with "wantonly asphyxiating" Boggess "under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life, ..." the indictment stated.

    After the beating at the jail, Boggess was restrained in a prone position

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