PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) – A Floyd County grand jury has indicted 41-year old Michael Colley on one count of murder and three counts of tampering with physical evidence in the death of 53-year old Patrick Shepherd of McDowell earlier this month.

         The indictment indicates that Colley repeatedly hit and kicked Shepherd in the head and body, resulting in the death of Shepherd. Colley allegedly destroyed, mutilate, conceal, remove or alter evidence at the crime scene, including the clothes he was wearing.

         Another count indicates that Colley removed Shepherd’s body from the scene after his death, altering the scene.

         Colley remains lodged in the Floyd County Detention Center. No future court date has been set.