According to an article from WYMT, the body of Alex Johnson was found stuffed in a barrel and dumped in the Kentucky River, after officials say he had been lured by Robert “Mark” Taylor and Timothy Ballard, into their vehicle where they beat him to death. Timothy Ballard is expected to testify against Taylor, he has accepted a plea deal in the case. The victim’s mother stated she had hired a private investigator to look for her son in addition to hanging flyers. Officials believe drugs were a motive for the killing.