Funk v. Commonwealth

LEIBSON, Justice.

On May 1,1989, the body of a seven year old girl, Jennifer lies, was found in an abandoned, uninhabited house located at 1417 Chesapeake in Covington, Kentucky. The building was condemned by the city and in a badly deteriorated condition.

*478The child had disappeared on April 21, 1989, and had been the subject of widespread newspaper and television coverage. The owner of the premises where the body was discovered testified he visited the premises to check for the missing child three days before the discovery occurred, and he neither found the body nor detected the smell that…