A Hopkinsville man charged in connection to the murder of Joey Hayes in Trigg County last week appeared for an arraignment in Christian District Court Monday morning.
43-year old James William Gentry appeared before Judge James Adams and entered a not guilty plea to charges he faces in Christian County.
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Judge Adams scheduled a preliminary hearing in District Court for Monday afternoon, December 10, at 1:00.
According to the arrest report, Gentry admitted to Kentucky State Police he was present when Hayes was shot multiple times last Tuesday, November 27, and that he also transported Hayes to the location where he was killed. Witnesses stated Hayes agreed to go to the location under the pretense Gentry was going to pay a debt that he owed him and purchase a 14 karat diamond ring. Gentry initially told State Police that someone else gave him the ring and that he believed it was stolen when Hayes was “roughed up.” Gentry also admitted to pawning the ring last Wednesday, November 28.
Authorities had been looking for Hayes after a missing person’s report was filed with the Christian County Sheriff’s Office last Wednesday, November 28. The report said Gentry was the last person to see Hayes on the Princeton Road around 2:25 that morning when he was following Gentry to a job site. Hayes body was found around noon Wednesday on a farm located at 412 Buffalo Road in Trigg County where state police say Gentry had lived in the past and is owned by his family.
State Police say a preliminary autopsy revealed Hayes died from multiple gunshot wounds.
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