Police investigate Kentucky's first possible heat-related death

Updated: Fri 6:38 PM, Jun 29, 2012

Our state could now have its first heat-related death.

The news comes from Wayne County, where the coroner tells 27 NEWSFIRST that 40 year old Patricia Hicks was found unresponsive Friday morning near her home after a jog. She lived just outside Monticello.

The coroner says an autopsy is planned for Saturday.

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