Crowe v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Justice.

On the night of February 28 — March 1, 1997, a rainstorm occurred in Warren County that was so severe as to cause flooding conditions. On the morning of March 1, Leisha Crowe was found dead inside her own vehicle which was submerged in the Barren River. According to the state medical examiner, the cause of death was blunt force trauma, specifically that the victim was struck eight times in the head by an instrument which could have been a hammer, a tire iron, or the like. The murder weapon was never found. The victim’s husband, Appellant Ancil Crowe, was indicted by a Warren…