A murder indictment has been handed down in a Letcher County death that happened more than two years ago.
Ethan Brown has reportedly been charged with murder in the May 2023 death of Nolan Naegele that happened near the Whitesburg Middle School football field.
Whitesburg Police Chief Tyrone Fields tells the Mountain Eagle the two men had been together on a three-day meth and pot bender that turned violent with allegations of kidnapping and eventually Naegele’s shooting death.
In 2023 a grand jury declined to indict Brown, but current Commonwealth’s Attorney Matt Butler reviewed the case and this time the grand jury moved the case forward.