ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – The man accused of stabbing and killing a Rowan County woman and her daughter was in court Monday.

Police say Kayla Blake and her daughter Kennedi McWhorter were killed. Those close to Blake say she and the suspect, Joshua Cottrell, were in a relationship.

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Cottrell entered his plea to the charges against him virtually.

A section of people supporting Kayla and Kennedi could be seen inside the courtroom as the suspect, Joshua Cottrell, entered his plea.

Cottrell is being held in the Montgomery County Jail, so he joined his arraignment virtually alongside a public defen

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