By Steve Lannen
slannen@herald-leader.com
A Fayette County grand jury will hear the cases against three people charged in connection with the murder of a grandmother in November.
Lexington Police Detective Steve McCown testified in a preliminary hearing Monday morning that the defendants gave statements implicating one another.
Marilyn Hegge was found on Nov. 30, her 78th birthday, in her home on Red River Drive, off Man o’ War Boulevard. She had been bludgeoned to death in her bed.
Authorities said she died of blunt-force trauma.
Police said Dominique Lewis previously confessed to Hegge’s slaying. Investigators think Lewis conspired with Heather McGlothen — Hegge’s granddaughter and his girlfriend — to kill Hegge.
David Lewis, Dominique Lewis’ brother, is charged with evidence tampering and burglary related to the alleged murder.
Police said earlier that McGlothen was living with her grandmother at the time of the slaying.
Police said that McGlothen was at the house when another granddaughter discovered Hegge’s body when she arrived to celebrate her grandmother’s birthday.
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