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Detectives in Lexington, Kentucky stumbled upon a grisly scene where a white woman was found murdered in cold blood and her body dumped beside a set of railroad tracks.

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The Lexington Police Department identified the victim as 37 year old Meghan Lea Acord, who had recently became a mother now leaving behind a new child named Holden who would never get to see his mother again.

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The County Coroner said that Meghan Acord had been brutally assaulted and determined those attacks to be the cause of death.

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When officers found the corpse under the bridge on East Loudon Avenue near Eastland Drive on Sunday they could tell Meghan Acord was a homicide case but they then had to determine who was responsible for the crime, without any initial leads.

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Friends and family of Meghan Acord in Ashland, Kentucky said that she was the “brightest thing in their lives and a loving mother to her child”, and they were heartbroken.

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They had no clue as to who would have been responsible for hurting her and said she had no enemies and lived a normal life.

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They recalled going to Holden Beach with Meghan when she was young; which was the happiest memories she had before giving birth that lead to her naming her baby Holden.

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Eventually investigators received anonymous tips saying that a man, Valenti Ware, had allegedly bragged about committing the murder and robbery of the woman

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Police then began searching for their suspect, but friends of Ware said he had fled the state and he may have headed into Iowa, which prompted Detectives to issue a warrant for first-degree murder against whom they believed to be their killer, Valenti N. Ware.

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Then recently a tip with information on Ware’s location was obtained by the U.S. Marshals Central Kentucky Fugitive Task Force as to exactly where the savage responsible for demolishing a family was hiding.

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Kentucky officials contacted their counterparts at the U.S. Marshals Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force; who were then able to locate Ware at a residence in the 1400 block of Cleveland Avenue in Des Moines.

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The Lexington Police Department has issued the State of Iowa with extradition papers and charges of first-degree murder as well as tampering with physical evidence against Ware.

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He's currently being detained without bond in the Polk County Jail in Des Moines awaiting extradition proceedings.

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A private celebration of Meghan Acord’s life will be held at a later date, while arrangements are being handled by Steen Funeral Home in Lexington for her remains.

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Friends of the family have set up a funding source for her child, and all contributions to the Acord family can be made via mail.

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Send donations to:

Holden Jude Acord Fund

3526 Dog Fork

Catlettsburg, Ky. 41129

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Sources:

http://www.kwwl.com/story/36649433/2017/10/21/man-wanted-for-womans-murder-in-kentucky-arrested-in-des-moines

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http://www.lex18.com/story/36526098/fund-established-for-son-of-murdered-lexington-woman

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