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Body of Nashville Suspect Found on Kentucky Cumberland River Bank
Investigators say the man was wanted in a strangling death case, and police suspect he jumped from an Interstate 24 bridge into the river.
- On Monday, March 30, 2026, Kentucky State Police discovered the body of 37-year-old Darrion Young near the Cumberland River in Kuttawa; Young was the suspect in the homicide of his girlfriend, 26-year-old Kierra Timmons.
- Authorities had sought Young in connection with Timmons' death after her body was found March 14 at her apartment on Brittany Park Drive in Antioch; police indicated she had been strangled.
- Kentucky State Police previously located Young's 2018 red Dodge Charger abandoned on an I-24 bridge crossing the Cumberland River on March 13, with his driver's license inside the running vehicle.
- Investigators suspect Young jumped from the bridge into the river, a theory confirmed by discovery of his body; Kentucky State Police report no foul play is suspected in his death.
- At the time of her death, Timmons was attending Nashville State Community College with aspirations of becoming a nurse; she worked two jobs to support herself and her education, according to family.
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