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Defense attorney Michael Thompson sits in court next to an empty chair where his client, James Gentry should be. Gentry cut off his ankle monitor and failed to appear for the final day of his murder trial Tuesday.
A Trigg County Circuit Court jury convicted Hopkinsville resident James Gentry on murder and robbery charges Tuesday although he was not in the courtroom when the guilty verdict was read.
The six-woman and six-man jury needed only 34 minutes to return the guilty verdict and needed half that time to hand down a sentence of life in prison without parole for 25 years against Gentry. He was arrested shortly after the murder of Christian County resident Joey Hayes, whose body was found in a barn off Buffalo Road in eastern Trigg County in November 2018. Hayes had been shot five times.
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CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A man wanted on a murder charge in Trigg County, Kentucky, didn’t show up for court this morning and may be headed south.
Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 1 are searching for James W. Gentry Jr., 46, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, who has been charged with murder, robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a KSP news release.
Gentry was scheduled to be in Trigg County Circuit Court this morning, but he has removed his ankle monitor, KSP said. He is possibly headed south in a gold Buick Regal passenger car.