Timothy Delehanty: Kentucky man admits to stabbing victim 60 times in a murder that happened 20 years ago

CINCINNATI, OHIO: Authorities in Northern Kentucky were able to fathom a nearly two-decade murder incident when a patient at a hospital reportedly admitted to killing a man. According to jail records, Timothy Lee Delehanty, 36, is being held in the Kenton County Jail without bond on a murder charge. 

According to Cincinnati, Ohio, Fox affiliate WXIX, Delehanty confessed to killing 61-year-old Paul Clayton back in 2006. Delahanty was a patient at St Elizabeth Hospital in Covington over the weekend when he tried to leave with an IV in his arm, the station reported. When staff prevented him from leaving, he asked to speak to a police officer.

Timothy Delehanty admitted to stabbing the victim 60 times

The Cincinnati Enquirer, citing an arrest affidavit, reported that the perpetrator told police he “wanted to talk about it.” He then allegedly told investigators with the Elsmere Police Department he stabbed Clayton up to 60 times and then took off in the victim’s vehicle.

Police believe Clayton was killed sometime between November 30 and December 2, 2006, when his co-workers showed up at his mobile home because they couldn’t get in touch with him. They found him inside the home on the floor, covered in blood. His 1996 Ford Thunderbird was missing.

Timothy Delehanty was identified as a person of interest

Police, at the time, identified Delehanty, then 19, as a person of interest after a witness reported seeing him in the car, which was later recovered in Covington. Prosecutors charged him with receiving stolen property but never with Clayton’s murder until now.

What did Paul Clayton's family say?

The arrest has left Clayton’s family stunned and confused. “Seventeen years and you just turn around and say, by the way, hey, I did this,” Clayton’s daughter Jennifer Parker said in an interview with WXIX. The seemingly random confession also surprised prosecutors.

“This is a first in my career,” Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders told the TV station, adding that investigators are still trying to pinpoint a motive. “This is the first time we’ve had a suspect just show up and want to talk about a case.” Delehanty faces up to life in prison, if convicted.

Virginia man wanted for killing wife arrested after being 'on the run' for 32 years

Meaww previously reported that a man on the run for more than 30 years after allgedly killing his wife has been arrested, the police department of Fairfax County, Virginia said. Police officer Chief Kevin Davis said the arrest has been made in a case dating back to 1991 when Jose Cruz allegedly killed his wife.

Davis announced the arrest of Cruz on Monday, January 22, as per WUSA 9. The Fairfax County Police Department said Cruz was wanted for the murder of 24-years-old Ana Jurado, on April 30, 1991.

The couple was married at the time of the murder, but they were in the process of divorcing. Jurado was a mother of three children at the time of her death, according to the police.