A Harrodsburg doctor has been charged with the murder of his wife, who died after being run over by their pontoon boat and struck by its propeller as they spent Friday at Herrington Lake.
The incident happened about 4:30 p.m., sometime after witnesses saw the couple — Dr. Steven and Isabel Hall — arguing and physically fighting, said Trooper Chris Lanham of Kentucky State Police.
Lanham would not discuss what investigators think transpired between Steven Hall, 46, and his wife, except that she wound up in the water and was run over by their boat.
"It looks like the boat propeller hit her in the left side of her head," said Boyle County Coroner Dr. James Ramey. "It also hit her in the left forearm and upper arm, pretty deep cuts that caused instant death."
Lanham said Ramey commandeered a boat upon reaching the scene Friday and found Steven Hall in the boat with his 49-year-old wife in the water.
"He tied a rope around her arm to keep her from floating away," Lanham said.
"Based on what he told us and the witness statements, it gave us probable cause" for the arrest, Lanham said, declining to describe Steven Hall's statement.
Hall practices family medicine at 466 Linden Avenue in Harrodsburg, according to the state Board of Medical Licensure.
He is being held in the Boyle County Detention Center.
No one else is thought to have been involved in the incident, Lanham said.
An autopsy conducted in Frankfort on Saturday confirmed that massive trauma to the head killed Isabel Hall, according to Lanham.
He said police are investigating whether there are any incidents in the couple's past.
Her arrangements are being handled by Ransdell Funeral Chapel in Harrodsburg.
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