Man accused of stabbing

C1 3 mount vernon community...admits he did it, according to investigators.

State police say 26-year old arturo perez turned himself-in to lexington police.

He's accused of killing 54-year old famey hellard in her business last month.

State police say perez is a drifter who was walking along the interstate when he decided to rob hellard's store.

"miss hellard was a pillar of this community.

She owned a local business.

She would probably gave this guy anything she had, the shirt off her back, or gave him a few dollars to give him something to eat.

It's just a a shame that this happened in our small community."

Mount vernon's police chief says this is the city's first murder since the early 1990's.

In laurel county,