MURTAUGH v. COM.


579 S.W.2d 619 (1979)

Kevin Adrian MURTAUGH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Emory Farley, Public Defender, Linda K. West, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Martin Glazer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


AKER, Justice.

Appellant Kevin Adrian Murtaugh appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the Campbell Circuit Court sentencing him to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife. KRS 507.020.

Appellant's wife, Diane Camm Murtaugh, disappeared on January 20, 1977. Four days later, her dismembered body was discovered buried in a snowbank in rural Campbell County. The severed limbs were not found with the buried torso.

Kevin Murtaugh initially...

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