{"id":56091,"date":"2026-02-19T09:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/?p=56091"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:39:58","slug":"p3-2-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/news\/p3-2-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky State Police Investigates Allen County Murder\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTTSVILLE, Ky.<\/strong> <strong>(February 18, 2026)<\/strong> \u2013 On February 18, 2026, at just before 7:00 p.m., the Kentucky State Police Post 3 was contacted by the Allen County Sheriff\u2019s Office to conduct a death investigation at 334 Stamps Road in Allen County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the investigation evolved, it was learned that a 12-year-old male juvenile and an adult female, identified as Traci Trasky(42), were found deceased at the residence.&nbsp; It was further learned that Mrs. Trasky\u2019s vehicle was missing from the residence.&nbsp; A short time later, the missing vehicle was located on Pleasant Field Church Road in Allen County, unoccupied.&nbsp; With the assistance of the Allen County Sheriff\u2019s Department and the Scottsville Police Department, and their drone, a subject was observed in proximity, running through a wooded area.&nbsp; After a short foot pursuit through the wooded area, a 17-year-old male juvenile was taken into custody without incident.&nbsp; After further investigation and multiple interviews, this same juvenile was arrested and charged with Murder (2 counts), Tampering with Physical Evidence, TBUT- Auto, and Fleeing or Evading Police 1<sup>st<\/sup> (On Foot).&nbsp;&nbsp; The investigation continues by Kentucky State Police Investigative Personnel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (February 18, 2026) \u2013 On February 18, 2026, at just before 7:00 p.m., the Kentucky State Police Post 3 was contacted by the Allen County Sheriff\u2019s Office to conduct a death investigation at 334 Stamps Road in Allen County.&nbsp; As the investigation evolved, it was learned that a 12-year-old male juvenile and an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":39594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,56],"tags":[241,81],"class_list":["post-56091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ksp-news","category-post-3","tag-murder-investigation","tag-post-3"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-Article-Graphics-Murder-Investigation-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56092,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56091\/revisions\/56092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}