House hunter discovers deceased body in vacant home
Summary
A Florida family found a dead man inside a vacant home they were viewing in Kentucky. The man, identified as Michael Harding, had been shot multiple times, leading to a murder investigation involving his estranged wife and another man.Key Facts
- David Hammersley and his family found Michael Harding’s body on September 26, 2022, while looking at a home in Burkesville, Kentucky.
- Harding had been shot four times and had been missing for over a week.
- Authorities found Harding’s phone at the scene and discovered he was lured to the house using a fake repair request.
- The phone contacting Harding was a prepaid "burner" phone linked to a man named Thomas O'Donnell from Houston, Texas.
- Harding was going through a tense divorce with his wife Julie Harding, who was a California Highway Patrol captain living separately.
- Investigators found many calls between Julie Harding and Thomas O'Donnell before the murder, and the phones were near each other days before Harding’s death.
- Thomas O'Donnell was arrested on December 8, 2022, for Harding's murder.
- Two days after O’Donnell’s arrest, Julie Harding was found dead by suicide at Harding’s Tennessee home.
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