Family of murder victim still looking for answers six years later

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - For six years now, a Louisville family has been looking for answers about what happened in a brutal double murder-suicide case.

Cortney Litsey remembers her younger sister, Brittany Wilson, a mother of four.

“I’ve been awake since 3 o’clock yesterday morning, dreading today...happy about today because I get to tell her story, but dreading it also because it’s yet another year without her,” Litsey said.

The last time Litsey saw Wilson was in May 2019.

“The last time we saw her, she kept telling us she had to go we had to hurry. She kept looking over her shoulders and I wish I would’ve just picked up her and thrown her in my car,” She said.

Two months later, on July 22nd, parts of her sister’s body were found dismembered in a freezer in LaRue County.

“The coroner said she had been dead at least a month, this was just the day she was found this was her death date.” Litsey said.

According to police, Wilson was killed at a home in Louisville by Michael Murray, who also killed his ex-wife, Nicole Murray, before killing himself. Wilson’s body was later discovered in LaRue County.

Litsey said she’s never been able to fully put her sister to rest, as some of her remains are still missing.

“I call and ask whenever I hear on the news that whenever they find human remains, I’m instantly glued to the T.V., that’s what I go through,” Litsey said. “Your heart skips a beat, if they found a skull then I know it’s not my sister.”

Everyday, Litsey holds out hope that answers will come soon.

“I hope by fall we’ve got another search scheduled, we still haven’t searched the property across the street that we’ve been given permission to search,” Litsey said. “I just feel like there’s a piece of something over there, something, I can feel it in my gut and I want that done.”

To honor what would be her sister’s 40th birthday next month, Litsey is keeping her legacy alive by hosting a fundraiser called ‘Speak Up and Speak Out Against Domestic Violence’, on August 23.

It’ll be hosted at Grace Crossing Church which is across the street from where her sister was murdered. But the event aims to help those who are in domestic violence situations, and an organization that helps them.

“We’ll have a list of resources, and I’m just so excited about it because if we can even just help one person get out of the situation they’re in, then my sister is gonna have the best birthday in the world,” Litsey said ”I may not have been able to get my sister out of hers but she’s gonna help somebody get out of theirs."

In the month leading up to the event, Litsey is also collecting donations to benefit the Center for Women and Families, whose mission is to disrupt the cycle of intimate partner and sexual violence. It’s also a place that helped Litsey, a domestic violence survivor herself.

Holding onto the fliers for the upcoming event, Litsey said, “this is, I feel like my calling, this is where I need to be, this is what I need to do for her to keep her legacy alive, this is what I need to do.”

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