GLASGOW – A suspect in a deadly stabbing in Barren County had apparent bloodstains on his jacket and one of his shoes when he was arrested, a detective testified.

Dedontae Morrison, 26, of Glasgow, is charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the death of Robert Fields, 55, who was found stabbed to death March 28 at a residence on Lee Fendell Road.

Morrison appeared Thursday over Zoom in Barren District Court for a preliminary hearing in his criminal case, at which Barren District Judge Gabe Pendleton referred the case to a grand jury.

Detective Adam Bow of the Barren County Sheriff’s Office testified that law enforcement became involved in the investigation after a 911 call on the night of March 28 in which a woman identified Morrison as the person who attacked Fields.

Deputies found Fields’ body next to a bed in a bedroom in the house on Lee Fendell Road.

Bow testified that bloodstains were found on the bed and on the bedroom’s floor and walls.

Bow said that the woman who called 911 claimed not to have seen the homicide and that other people were at the house during the day of the incident, but authorities have been unable to identify or locate them.

Authorities were informed that a man fitting Morrison’s description was seen running from the residence, and he was detained after being seen walking on Lee Fendell Road, Bow said.

“There was apparent blood on (Morrison’s) shoes and the cuffs of his jacket,” Bow said. “There were cuts to his thumb and first finger.”

Morrison agreed to speak with detectives at the homicide scene, during which he confessed to stabbing Fields in the bedroom with a silver-handled knife, Bow said.

“(Morrison) stated that after he stabbed (Fields), he cleaned the knife up by washing it in the sink,” Bow said.

Law enforcement took two knives from the scene, including a pocket knife with the blade open and with apparent blood on the screws of the handle and at the pivot point, the detective said.

An arrest citation said that Morrison did not provide a reason for the attack, but Bow testified Thursday that the 911 caller reported that Morrison had “put hands on” a woman in the house earlier in the day.

The knives and Morrison’s clothing have been sent to Kentucky State Police Central Lab for forensic testing, Bow said.

Morrison remains in Barren County Corrections Center under a $500,000 cash bond.