Fayette County coroner asking for help locating woman’s next-of-kin

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Fayette County Coroner’s Office is asking for help finding the relatives of a woman who died earlier this month.

Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn says 68-year-old Barbara J. Scarborough died of natural causes on August 1 at Saint Joseph Hospital.

Ginn says Scarborough was single and a ward of the state. She lived in the Peachtree Road area of Lexington.

Scarborough was born October 22, 1950 in Gary, Indiana.

According to Ginn, Scarborough is believed to have a sister who was in a Somerset nursing home at some point.