MOREHEAD, Ky. (WKYT) - We’re learning new information about the murders of a mother and daughter in Rowan County.

Joshua Cottrell is charged with the deaths of Kayla Blake and Kennedi McWhorter.

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According to a criminal complaint, he stabbed Kayla and Kennedi. State troopers found them Friday morning dead at their home.

The complaint warrant says Cottrell also moved the bodies. Police later found Cottrell with blood on his clothes.

He was arrested at a hospital in Paducah. Cottrell is being held in the McCracken County jail on a $1 million bond.

Kentucky State Police have not said what led up to Blake and McEhorter’s deaths. However, we do know there was a connection to Cottrell. Blake’s f

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