A Friday afternoon call to 911 informing authorities about an alleged homicide led to the discovery of a body.
According to a press release from the office of 31st Judicial District Attorney General Chris Stanford, deputies with Warren County Sheriff’s Department (WCSD) were dispatched to Holcomb Road after the caller reported they had received a confession from Nina Jean Judkins, 45, and David Zeb Alexander, 54, who reportedly killed Bruce Allen Morton, 56.
In addition to killing Morton, the caller alleged Judkins and Alexander admitted to moving the deceased body of Morton and hiding him beneath a mattress.
Per Stanford’s release, this version of events was corroborated when deputies arrived on the scene and discovered a camper on the property belonging to Morton, and later a mattress just outside the camper with “human feet sticking out from the side of the mattress.” Beneath the mattress was Morton’s body with a piece of wood and a blanket on top.
Morton was pronounced dead at the scene and, according to the press release, had been deceased for several hours.
Judkins allegedly gave a full confession implicating both herself and Alexander for the murder, which spurred from a disagreement with Morton over an accused theft of personal property. A search warrant was executed according to the press release, which revealed physical evidence in line with the proposed witness and offender accounts of what took place.
Presently, the case remains under investigation by Stanford’s office and WCSD. Judkins and Alexander are being held at Warren County Jail with a bond set at $1,600,000 and both face charges of criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse.
“The family and loved ones of Bruce Morton are in my prayers,” Stanford said in the release. “Rest assured, all of us in the law enforcement community will continue to seek maximum punishment and accountability for violent offenders in our community through our tireless efforts to ensure that solid investigations result in ‘guilty’ verdicts at trial. I am also thankful that two more violent offenders are off the streets of Warren County.”
