UPDATE: 3 Dead in Home Fire in Wayne County

By: Associated Press

Updated: Fri 3:49 PM, Mar 15, 2013

A coroner has identified three people killed in a house fire in southern Kentucky.

Wayne County Coroner Forest Hicks said in a statement on Friday that 53-year-old Douglas Walker was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday night. Two others -- 60-year-old Melvina Walker and 3-year-old Jaimie Elliott -- were pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Autopsies on the three were scheduled for Friday at the State Medical Examiner's Office in Frankfort.

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