Irvin Edge
In my last blog I discussed the issue that when outgoing governor, Matt Bevin left office in Kentucky in late 2019 he commuted a lot of sentences and issued pardons. There was huge controversies surrounding them and there was indications that the FBI was looking into several of them. It was said that a majority of them were low level drug crimes but there were a few that stuck out.... this is one of them. On the night of March 12, 1991 sixty year old Charles Westerfield opened the door of his Owensboro Kentucky home and saw a man dressed in a surgical suit. The man opened fire on Westerfield as he daughter (I was not able to determine how old she was) stood nearby. He would die from his injuries. Charles Westerfield worked at Southwire Rod and Cable Company in nearby Hawesville Kentucky. He also had only what I could find as described as a “side business.” His partner in this business was Irvin Edge who also worked at Southwire. Authorities would later say that ...