LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A community is mourning in Rowan County for a mother and her 13-year-old daughter.

On Friday, police found the bodies of Kayla Blake and Kennedi McWhorter during a welfare check.

44-year-old Joshua Cottrell was arrested for the double murder.

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According to friends and family, Kayla and Joshua were in a relationship. Her friends say Kayla always told them how happy the two were together.

Now, a Rowan County mother is trying to raise money for McWhorter’s funeral.

At Rowan County Middle School, tributes for Kennedi McWhorter sit outside the school’s softball field entrance. A touching sign of app

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