UPDATE: Sept. 18 at 11 a.m.
A Floyd County grand jury has declined to return an indictment against Summer Adkins, the woman who allegedly told police she shot her father, resulting in her release from custody and the dismissal of charges.
The Floyd County Grand Jury met on June 25, 2025, and returned 15 indictments during that term, however Adkins was not named on any indictment, court documents read. The case against Adkins had been waived to the grand jury on June 16, 2025.
Following the grand jury's decision, Floyd Circuit Court Judge Johnny Ray Harris issued an order on Aug. 15, 2025, directing that Adkins be released from custody and that her bond be released to the bondsperson or bond assignment, according to the documents.
"It appearing that no indictment was made on the above named defendant, it is hereby ordered that the defendant be released from custody and the bond released to bondsperson or bond assignment," Harris wrote in the court order.
The court documents show that Commonwealth Attorney Brent Turner was notified of the order by mail at his Prestonsburg office.
A motion filed in the case cited "failure to indict" as the reason for dismissal, noting that the 60-day period had elapsed and attaching proof that the matter had been referred to the grand jury.
In June, Adkins was arrested and charged with one count of murder.
Original Story:
The Prestonsburg Police Department reported that a homicide investigation is underway after a woman told dispatchers on Monday evening that she had shot her father.
Police detailed that on Monday Prestonsburg/Floyd County ECC received a call from a woman, later identified as 22-year-old Summer Adkins, who reported that she had shot her father in the 2300 block of Kentucky 321 in Prestonsburg.
Upon arrival, police found and detained Adkins while her father, identified as 62-year-old Jimmy Harvey, was found inside the home sitting in a chair.
The Floyd County Coroner pronounced Harvey dead from multiple gunshot wounds. His body was taken to the Office of the Kentucky Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy.
Adkins was arrested and charged with one count of murder. Police noted that the case remains under investigation.
