One man found dead, another man arrested on murder charge

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Reporter - Todd Faulkner

Story Created: Sun Jul 1, 2012 2:50 PM

Story Updated: Sun Jul 1, 2012 3:35 PM

PADUCAH - Paducah Police have arrested and charged 36-year-old Michael C. Russian on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence. 

 
Police were called around 3:30a.m. Sunday after someone saw a man pushing a shopping cart containing what appeared to be a body in the area of 6th and Burnett Streets.
 
Officers found Russian trying to dispose the body of 25-year-old Adam L. Bullock. 
 
Det. Sgt. Brian Laird said Russian and Bullock were involved in some kind of altercation around 4 a.m. Friday at Russian's home. A fight broke out and Bullock was killed. 
 
Police said Russian hid Bullock's body in a storage unit directly behind his apartment in Anderson Court, and kept it there until early Sunday when he decided to dispose of it. 
 
Bullock's family members filed a missing persons report with the McCracken County Sheriff's Department Saturday evening, saying they had not seen or heard from Bullock in several days. 
 
Investigators are unsure whether Russian and Bullock were acquaintances prior to the altercation. Laird declined to discuss a possible motive for the dispute. Cause and manner of death should be determined by an autopsy, scheduled for Monday in Louisville. 
 
The investigation is ongoing. 
 
Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Paducah Police Department at 270/444-8550 or Crime Stoppers at 443-TELL.