COLUMBIA, Ky. (April 3, 2025) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 Detectives are investigating an allegation that an Adair County woman solicited a male juvenile at the Adair Juvenile Detention Center to kill her husband. On March 27, 2025, the Adair Juvenile Detention Center conducted a routine search of the juveniles’ living units where letters and explicit material were found in a male juvenile’s possession sent by an Adair County School teacher assigned to the facility. The detention center immediately confiscated the material and contacted Post 15.

KSP Post 15 Detectives discovered evidence that Elena Bardin, 27, of Columbia, solicited a male juvenile to kill her husband. Evidence also revealed that Ms. Bardin had subjected the juvenile to illegal sexual contact and provided him with sexually explicit images of herself.

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Kentucky State Police arrested Ms. Bardin, and she is lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail on the following charges:

·       Murder (Solicitation)

·       Sexual Abuse - 1st Degree and 

·       Distribution of Obscene Matter to a Minor - 1st Offense

Detective Mike Dubree continues his investigation into the incident.