Thursday, May 20, 1999
Covington party ends in slaying
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — This city recorded its first apparent homicide of 1999 Wednesdaymorning, and within hours, police had arrested a Cincinnati man and charged him in the death of Jualana Kirtley, 18.
Apparently acting on tips from relatives and witnesses, Covington and Cincinnati police served a warrant Wednesday afternoon on Car los Harris, 19, who lives on Towne Street in Bond Hill.
Ms. Kirtley's cousins, Melisha Pouncy of Covington and Jonda Kirtley of Cincinnati, said she had been beaten and raped, but police could not confirm that.
Ms. Pouncy said Jualana Kirtley, a Holmes High School graduate, was visiting another relative in the 1800 block of Pearl Street, less than two blocks from Covington police headquarters.
"Wrong time'
“She was at the wrong house at the wrong time,” Ms. Pouncy said. “She was a really good person who would do anything for anyone. I don't understand how this happened.”
Ms. Kirtley lived in the 400 block of East 11th Street with her grandmother, Barbara Kirtley, the cousins said.
Police public information officer Lt. Danny Miles said homicide detectives had not received results of an autopsy from the Kenton County coroner as of late Wednesday, but preliminary indications were that Ms. Kirtley may have been strangled.
Mr. Harris was taken to the Hamilton County Justice Center to await extradition to Kentucky.
Ms. Pouncy and Jonda Kirtley said they were told by witnesses that there was a party at the Pearl Street house and two men, accompanied by a woman, showed up in the early morning hours.
Last year's figures
At this time last year, Covington police were already investigating two murders, and two more were under investigation in neighboring Newport.
There has been just one other homicide in all of Northern Kentucky so far in 1999: Elmer Dedden shot his son Dale and then himself on March 7 in Fort Wright.
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