MURRAY – A Murray woman was arraigned in Calloway District Court Wednesday on attempted murder and assault charges after police say she stabbed one person and assaulted another during an altercation at a local thrift store on Tuesday.
Madison Hinchey, 30, was charged with attempted murder, a Class B felony; second-degree assault, a Class C felony; and fourth-degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor. She is being held in the Calloway County Detention Center on a $50,000 cash bond.
Murray Police Department officers responded to Goodwill at approximately 1:36 p.m. Tuesday and found two victims, one of whom had been stabbed and the other was assaulted with a shovel, the agency said in a news release. The stabbing victim was airlifted to a regional medical facility for further treatment.
Court records show both victims were Goodwill employees. According to the uniform citation, dispatchers advised that one victim, identified as Emily Odom, had been stabbed and that “employees were currently wrestling with the female who had stabbed the other.”
Upon arrival, officers located Hinchey, who “immediately placed her hands behind her back and turned around,” the citation states. The document further notes that, as Hinchey was escorted to the arresting officer’s cruiser, she said she “‘got who she came for.’”
Witnesses told officers that Hinchey entered the business yelling, went to the back of the store, approached Odom and began yelling at her. According to witness accounts, Hinchey then retrieved a knife from her purse and chased Odom around the store with it.
A male employee* ran after the women. On the loading dock, witnesses said, Hinchey stabbed Odom in the chest before the man subdued her. She then bit Odom twice on the arm. Hinchey was later able to obtain a metal snow shovel, which she used to strike the man. She also bit him on the arm.
The citation notes that, due to the severity of Odom’s injuries, officers were unable to photograph them. Murray-Calloway County Emergency Medical Services was able to provide the location and width of the puncture wound; however, the depth of the wound was unknown.
Hinchey appeared before Calloway District Judge Randall Hutchens Wednesday for arraignment. He appointed the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy to represent her and scheduled her preliminary hearing for Wednesday, April 29, at 9 a.m.
According to dispatch communications provided by murrayscanner.com, the incident at Goodwill was not the only call for service related to Hinchey on Tuesday. Officers responded to a residence on Arbor Drive after receiving a call from a woman who said her sister was trying to kill her. Officers at the scene of the Goodwill stabbing told dispatchers Hinchey was the subject of the earlier Arbor Drive call.
Court records show Hinchey was also arrested in 2020 and charged with fourth-degree assault. According to the uniform citation, that case stemmed from an argument between Hinchey and her sister. It is unknown whether that sister is the same woman involved in Tuesday’s call for service. The argument turned physical, and Hinchey allegedly cut her sister’s arm with a piece of broken glass. That case was ultimately dismissed.
Individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
*Editor’s note: The male employee requested that his name be removed from the story.
