Coroner asking for help finding next-of-kin

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Fayette County Coroner is asking for help from the public in locating family members of a man who died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

The coroner says 59-year-old James Samuel Crawford died on September 16.  He had listed a friend as his emergency contact, but the coroner says the person isn’t financially able to take care of the funeral arrangements.  The friend told the coroner that Crawford may have some relatives in the Richmond area.

The coroner says Crawford lived on Courtney Avenue, and attended the Trinity Baptist Church on Strader Drive.

Anyone with information on friends or relatives of Crawford are asked to contact Rose at the University of Kentucky Medical Center at (859) 323-5818, or the coroner at (859) 455-5700.

A picture of Crawford was not immediately available.