Authorities found Campbellsville University freshman Josiah Kilman dead in his dorm room around 12: 43 a.m. Feb. 24, 2024 in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Fellow student Charles “Zeke” Escalera was arrested for murder. (Kilman: GoFundMe; Escalera: Taylor County Detention Center)
A small Christian college in Kentucky is mourning the loss of a student who was found murdered in his dorm room early Saturday morning. Now a fellow student at Campbellsville University, a 21-year-old man, is facing a murder charge, authorities say.
Campbellsville Police Department officers were called to the school’s campus after 18-year-old Josiah Malachi Kilman was found unresponsive in his dorm room. Paramedics took Kilman to Taylor Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Cops did not release a cause of death but said the Kentucky State Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville will conduct an autopsy.
