A 15-year-old boy from Kentucky has been murdered just months after receiving a bravery award for rescuing a 12-year-old girl from a suspected paedophile at a Kentucky Derby party. The teenager, named as DaJon Hayes-Burr, was stabbed to death, according to reports, turning a story of heroism into tragedy in a short space of time.

The article's full details were not available in the source provided, with only navigation and unrelated headlines from the Daily Mail's website retrievable alongside the story's title. Based on the headline, Hayes-Burr had been publicly recognised for his bravery in intervening to protect the younger girl from an alleged predator earlier in the year, before he himself became the victim of a fatal stabbing.