ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - We’re learning more about the criminal history of the suspect in a Rowan County double murder case.

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Joshua W. Cottrell, 44, is facing murder charges in the deaths of 37-year-old Kayla Blake and her daughter, 13-year-old Kennedi McWhorter.

According to court records, Cottrell was also charged in the 2003 death of Richie Phillips. Cottrell admitted to killing Phillips and stuffing his body in a suitcase.

He said the killing was self-defense, saying that Phillips attacked him.

Cottrell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for second-degree manslaughter in that case.

KSP says troopers found Cottrell at a Paducah area hospital on Friday afternoon. He is still bein

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