ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) - A man accused of killing a woman and her daughter appeared in Rowan County Court Monday.

Joshua Cottrell joined his arraignment virtually alongside a public defender, who entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Cottrell is accused of killing Kayla Blake and her daughter, 13-year-old Kennedi McWhorter in Morehead, KY.

Cottrell will be back in court Oct. 6.

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