'Must have glanced off the concrete': Woman shoots husband after argument and leaves him to bleed to death in his vehicle, cops say

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Heather Edens

Background: A conception of Red Banks Road successful Cumberland County, Kentucky (Google Maps). Inset: Heather Edens (Adair County Regional Jail).

A pistillate successful Kentucky admitted to shooting her hubby during an statement astatine their home, which led to him bleeding retired successful his vehicle, authorities say.

Heather Edens, 52, has been charged with murder successful the decease of her husband, 60-year-old James Edens, records from the Adair County Regional Jail show. She was booked connected Wednesday.

On Tuesday evening, the joined mates was astatine their location connected Red Banks Road successful Cumberland County, Kentucky. The agrarian portion lies successful the confederate portion of the state, adjacent to the borderline with Tennessee.

The Edenses were arguing astatine their home, according to the Kentucky State Police (KSP). Heather Edens said she wanted her hubby to leave, and she allegedly brandished a weapon and changeable astatine him.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office was called astir a shooting and a "single-vehicle collision" and requested that KSP assistance them successful their investigation, troopers say. They responded and recovered that the "male occupant" of the conveyance successful question had suffered a gunshot wound.

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James Edens had seemingly been changeable successful his limb and was bleeding retired successful his vehicle, Lexington Fox affiliate WDKY reported.

He was brought to a section hospital, wherever helium was pronounced dead.

Investigators spoke with Heather Edens, who allegedly admitted to shooting her hubby during an statement and that the gunshot "must person glanced disconnected the concrete," constabulary alleged.

The suspect is reportedly being held successful jailhouse connected a $1 cardinal bond. She is acceptable to look successful tribunal connected April 22.

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