Obituaries in the News | AP News In a work limited to factual reporting and observation, and what can be reasonably interpreted from those facts, Mark Putnam was a far easier character for me to understand than Susan or even the tortured Kathy. Angela R. Wright. The grave site of Kathleen E Putnam / Plot 4183724. As I see it, Mark had no good reason that I could ascertain to lie about sex with Susan after he had admitted to killing her. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Kathleen Putnam (115679755)? Susan did not have the emotional skills to leave, and she looked to Mark as her ticket out. This sad story became sadder on February 5, 1998, when Kathy Putnam suddenly died at the age of 38. Terms of Service apply. Hes a wonderful man. But Susie always wanted more out of life than she was able to get. Invalid memorial. He remained distressed by what he regarded as the FBIs casual attitude toward using informants, especially as illustrated by the Putnam fiasco. I walked down to the river across from the main street. IM DYING HERE!! Detective Richard Ray is my father-in-law. Mary. SERVICES. 9:37 am. Thought I remembered family FUED spelled that way. Fiske-Murphy & Mack Funeral Home, 110 New Athol Rd., Orange is directing arrangements. We thoroughly enjoyed the writing, suspense and acting. Emilia, make these slackers release the damn movie already!! Services for Kathy will be held at the familys convenience. Pikeville doesnt look like Pikeville anymore, he told me when I visited the Harlan location in July as filming was underway on the movie, starring Emilia Clarke (famous for playing Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons in the hit HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones), with Jack Huston as Mark. Holley: Kathy Putnam, age 71, passed away unexpectedly at her home on January 11, 2023. A new 25-acre University of Pikeville campus and medical center sprawls down a hill overlooking downtown, across the street from two new hotels. I think its hilarious how Jessica always made fun of other people but NOW she has dentures too I used to live in Freeburn it was awful. The impetus for this was that Pikeville and eastern Kentucky had been given a big tourism boost in 2012 by a well-received TV miniseries about the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud that had spilled over the mountains from the Tug Valley to the county courthouse in Pikeville in the second half of the 19th Century. Before, a cop had the standing and experience to at least deal familiarly with traditional brews of marijuana and cocaine and meth and pain pills and heroin, fueled of course by alcohol. Terms of Service apply. The dirt bikes that Mark heard whizzing nearby when he laid Susans nude body in that ravine have given way to all-terrain vehicles that scoot on the sculptured slopes. After that TV series on the Hatfield McCoy feud created all this interest, people started roaring in here to see everything but really there aint much to see. Revisiting the region for the first time since 1992, I was surprised by how right Phillip had been. However, that somewhat seedy motel was just down the highway from Marlows, the country-western saloon where Susan, a regular, was known to have picked up men on occasion before she began working for Mark. I was very emphatic. I remember his scripts and other papers for when the movie was being made. After the movie wrapped in mid-July of 2016, I drove across the mountains from Harlan to Pikeville, and then onto Route 23 north of town, toward the mountain where Susans body had lain within weeds and strip-mine debris for nearly a year until Mark confessed from Miami and told them where they would find her. Theyre all dog-eared and Ive scrawled all over them, she said. I am from the area about 120 miles near Somerset Ky so this story really captivated me. She was born May 1, 1951 in Ithaca, NY. Kathleen Kenny - Mid Hudson News True story of FBI agent who killed lover in 1989 now showing on Netflix As cheap and less polluting fuels like natural gas won out, coal production in eastern Kentucky in 2015 was the lowest in eighty years, and there were fewer coal-mining jobs in Kentucky than at any time since reliable records were kept starting in 1927. PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ Kathy Putnam, the long suffering wife who stuck by her FBI agent husband after he admitted killing an informant he got pregnant, died Feb. 5 of an apparent heart attack.