K105 reported Judge Kenneth H. Goff II sentenced Tyler B. Wehmeyer to three life sentences.

Three life sentences are the term K105 says Judge Goff imposed, and it calls that the term prosecutors had recommended. Concurrent, on the Sept. 18 story and on WDRB, is not a word on the Nov. 5 story. A case K105 says was death-penalty eligible under Kentucky Revised Statute 532.025 is not a death sentence. The Nov. 5 page does not print an appeal.

K105, by Ken Howlett, on Nov. 5, 2026, reported a Breckinridge County man who killed two women and a man in April 2023 has been sentenced. It reported Tyler B. Wehmeyer, 32, pled guilty on September 16 to three counts of murder (domestic violence) in the April 5, 2023, blunt force trauma deaths of 77-year-old Audrey Whealan, her daughter, 51-year-old Michelle Whealan, and 58-year-old Doss Smothers. It reported that on Wednesday, Wehmeyer was sentenced to three life sentences by Circuit Court Judge Kenneth H. Goff II, a prison term prosecutors previously recommended. It reported the fact that he killed three people made the case death penalty eligible, according to Kentucky Revised Statute 532.025. Death-penalty eligible, on that page, is not a death sentence, and the page does not say a death sentence was sought or imposed. It reported Kentucky State Police said troopers responded at approximately 10:20 the night of April 5 to High Plains Road after Breckinridge County deputies discovered three bodies while conducting a welfare check. It reported both female victims were found beaten to death inside the home, while Smothers was found outside the residence, and that all three were from Breckinridge County. It reported he also killed two dogs during his rampage and was initially charged with cruelty to animals, and that those charges were dropped. It reported he has been held in the Breckinridge County Detention Center since his April 6, 2023, arrest, and that KSP Det. Casey Keown investigated. The same page still says, "Formal sentencing is slated for November 4." Sentenced on Wednesday, and slated for November 4, are both on that page. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, is the Wednesday before a story dated Nov. 5. The Nov. 5 story does not print concurrently, does not print 9:25 a.m., and does not print an appeal.

K105's Sept. 18, 2026 story, also by Ken Howlett, is the plea, not the sentence. It reported Tyler Wehmeyer, 32, with no middle initial, pled guilty on Wednesday to the same three counts, and that prosecutors recommended he serve life for each murder, to be served concurrently. Tyler Wehmeyer, and Tyler B. Wehmeyer, are not the same fullness of the name. Life for each murder, to be served concurrently, is the September recommendation. Three life sentences, with no concurrent, is the November story's account of what Judge Goff imposed. The November story calls that term the one prosecutors previously recommended, and it does not repeat concurrently. The September story says formal sentencing is slated for November 4, which is the line that is still on the November page. WLKY, updated at 11:20 p.m. EDT on Sep 17, 2026, reported Tyler Wehmeyer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three counts of murder-domestic violence, and that prosecutors are recommending he be sentenced to life in prison for all three counts. Pleaded, and pled, are not the same spelling. Murder-domestic violence, with a hyphen, and murder (domestic violence), are not the same punctuation. Life in prison for all three counts, on WLKY, is not "three life sentences," and WLKY does not print concurrently. WLKY printed "Doss Smothers(58)," with no space before the parenthesis. It reported the three were found dead, along with two dead dogs, inside a home on High Plains Road in Vine Grove in April 2023. Inside a home, for all three people and the dogs, is not K105's account that the women were inside and Smothers was outside. Vine Grove is on WLKY. It is not on either K105 story. WLKY reported he was arrested and charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence, and cruelty to animals, and that the other charges were dropped as part of the plea. Tampering with physical evidence is not a charge K105 printed. WLKY reported he will be formally sentenced on Nov. 4. That sentence is still in the future on a Sept. 17 story. It is not a report that the term was imposed.

WDRB, published Sep. 17, 2026, at 4:27 p.m. EDT, under a WDRB+WAVE credit, reported Tyler Wehmeyer pleaded guilty to three counts of murder Wednesday in Breckinridge County Circuit Court. Murder, in that count name, does not include the domestic-violence wording K105 and WLKY printed. The lede says a Kentucky man could face life in prison. Could face, in a story that also says he pleaded guilty, is not the same status as three life sentences already imposed. A subhead says his sentencing is scheduled for November. The body says Nov. 4 at 9:25 a.m. November, and Nov. 4 at 9:25 a.m., are both on that page. K105's Nov. 5 story does not print 9:25 a.m. WDRB reported prosecutors recommended a life sentence for each murder to be served concurrently, which matches K105's September recommendation and is a word the November story does not print. WDRB reported deputies were sent to a home on High Plains Road in Vine Grove at about 4 p.m. April 5, 2023, for a welfare check, and that police found the three with injuries caused by "blunt force trauma." About 4 p.m., for the deputies' call, and approximately 10:20 the night of April 5, for the troopers, are not the same clock. WDRB reported officers arrested him at the home just after 8 a.m. the next morning, and that police said he admitted to killing all three and admitted to moving two of the bodies. K105 does not print that admission, and it does not print 8 a.m. WDRB reported he admitted to killing two dogs, and that the animal-cruelty charges were dropped as part of the plea. K105 reported he killed two dogs and that the cruelty charges were dropped. It does not print an admission. Wednesday's term, on the Nov. 5 story, is the sentence Judge Goff imposed. The September plea is what K105, WLKY, and WDRB reported he entered. None of the three pages prints a notice of appeal. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.