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Documents Tell of Nunn's Desperation

Former state Rep. Steve Nunn appeared in Judge Pamela Goodwine's courtroom in December 2009. He pleaded guilty in June to Amanda Ross's murder and is serving a sentence of life without parole
Charles Bertram
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Lexington Herald-Leader
Former state Rep. Steve Nunn appeared in Judge Pamela Goodwine's courtroom in December 2009. He pleaded guilty in June to Amanda Ross's murder and is serving a sentence of life without parole

UPDATED: As police in Hart County closed in on Steve Nunn after he murdered his ex-fiancée in downtown Lexington on Sept. 11, 2009, the former state lawmaker apologized to his daughters by phone. Seven days after the killing, Mary Elizabeth Nunn and Katharine Courtney Nunn told police officers of the disturbing play-by-play they received from their father, who called them from a cellphone the day Amanda Ross was murdered. A summary of the police interview with the two women was among hundreds of pages of documents released Wednesday by the Urban County Government in response to the Lexington Herald-Leader's request under the Kentucky Open Records Act.

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