Commonwealth v. Oliver

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

On the frigid afternoon of February 16, 1986, the lifeless body of Edward “Ned” Tracy was discovered laying amongst scattered debris on the floor of a dilapidated shed in Lackawanna County. The shed was a concrete structure with large wooden doors. The roof was partially collapsed and there was no glass in the window frames. Blood covered the walls.

The large doors stood partially open and several sets of footprints were visible in the snow. Tracy lay on his back, his face and hands frozen in blood. While the body’s frozen state prohibited an autopsy from being immediately…