Update: We are following up on a story of a fatal fire that occurred in Laurel County on Saturday, March 30, 2019. The fire occurred at a residence in the Marvin Gardens Mobile Home Park around 1:04am Saturday, where officials discovered 2-year-old Joseph Brock deceased. The boy’s father, 26-year-old Vaughn Brock, reported left the scene before the fire. On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, around 12:30pm, Kentucky State Police Detectives located Brock at an apartment complex on Mill Creek Drive in the Keavy community of Laurel County. He was charged with murder and arson and lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center.

Original Story: On Saturday, March 30, 2019, around 1:04am, Kentucky State Police Post 11, London was notified by the Laurel County 911 Center of residential structure fire with a fatality at a residence located in the Marvin Gardens Mobile Home Park in Laurel County. KSP Arson Investigator Brian Lewis and KSP Detectives arrived on scene and learned the London Fire Department was dispatched to the scene around 12:27am and discovered 2-year-old Joseph Brock deceased inside the residence after extinguishing the flames. The cause and origin of the fire has not been determined at this time. Troopers are currently searching for the father of the child, 26-year-old Vaughn Brock, who was last seen leaving the area on foot shortly after the residence became engulfed in flames. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact Kentucky State Police at 606-878-6622 or 1-800-222-5555.