Editor’s note: Details of the story may be disturbing to some readers.

WHITLEY CITY, Ky. (FOX 56) — Kentucky State Police (KSP) made a disturbing discovery early Friday morning while searching for a missing man.

On Sept. 9, Damion Poole's mother reported him missing to the McCreary County Sheriff's Office. According to court documents, Poole was believed to be living on Farm Ridge Road with his reported boyfriend, Daniel Kearney.

Troopers said that the pair had moved there together from Colorado.

Early Friday morning, Sept. 12, Kentucky State Police troopers went to search the home and found what investigators believe to be Poole's body. An arrest citation notes that he'd been shot twice in the head and had been deceased for multiple days.

His body was found in a "back room" and cover

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