Proceedings were continued in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday in the rape case against Jason Morse, as officials await the return of testing on a rape kit.
Jason Morse, who remains lodged in the Christian County Jail and appeared in court, is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree strangulation and tampering with evidence and is accused of raping a young woman on the rail trail in July.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling says they are still awaiting the reports from the rape kit that was sent off for testing in this case, and it could be at least five more months before that comes back. Judge Andrew Self set a pretrial hearing for April 12, saying the reports will hopefully be back by that time and they can move forward.
Hopkinsville police say the victim had been walking with earbuds in listening to music when Morse allegedly grabbed her from behind in the area of the 3700 block of Bahama Drive. He allegedly raped, choked and threatened to kill the victim and then fled the area on foot.
Morse allegedly destroyed evidence after he was informed by a friend that the police were wanting to talk to him about an incident on the rail-trail.