MOREHEAD, Ky. — Advocates are raising awareness for domestic violence prevention following the tragic deaths of a woman and her teenage daughter in Rowan County on Friday.

Kentucky State Police say 37-year-old Kayla Blake and her 13-year-old daughter, Kennedi McWhorter, were found dead in their Morehead home during a welfare check by Rowan County Sheriff's deputies on Friday.

44-year-old Joshua Cottrell, whom LEX 18 confirmed to be Blake's boyfriend, was arrested and charged on two counts of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

It's just the latest example of a real and concerning pattern in Kentucky, which ranks the highest in the United States for domestic violence against women.

That pattern is one Darlene Thomas, executive director of GreenHouse17, has been fig

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