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KY Man Robert L. Saunders Found Dead In Ditch In Apparent Barbourville Drowning

BARBOURVILLE, KY. (THECOUNT) — Barbourville, KY., man, Robert L. Saunders, has been identified as the victim found laying in a ditch on Stephen Trace Road.

Friday at 11:30 a.m., Kentucky State Police responded to a call of a utility worker reporting a dead man laying in a ditch.

Saunders, 42, was later pronounced dead at the scene. State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort ruled the death as an apparent drowning. source

The body was found in a ditch near KY-3439 at Stephen Trace Road.

No foul play is suspected and toxicology results are pending.

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