On the evening of December 10, 2018, 38-year-old Chad M. Bowling of Yeaddiss, Kentucky, was found dead from a gunshot wound outside a neighbor’s home. Chad, born July 7, 1980, in Hyden, was a lifelong Leslie County resident, a former coal miner, affiliated with Beatty Branch Church of God in Christ Jesus, and enjoyed hunting, fishing and University of Kentucky basketball.

That night Chad’s parents, Larry, 64, and Norma Bowling, 61, were found inside their residence, both also killed by gunshot. Autopsies confirmed all three deaths were from gunshot wounds. As troopers responded to reports of gunfire, a vehicle driven by Paul Douglas Sizemore intentionally rammed a trooper’s cruiser; Sizemore then fired at the officer and fled on foot. He was later located and charged with three counts of murder and attempted murder of a police officer.

Anyone who knew the Bowling family or who has information about the events in Leslie County on December 10, 2018 is asked to come forward.