Grisly discovery of body haunted this former Kentucky orphanage. Now it’s for sale
The Glendale Children’s Home, an orphanage that closed in 2009, has hit the market in Glendale, Kentucky, for $400,000. The property sits on 8.25 acres and has five structures that can be converted into anything a new owner’s imagination can think up.
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Peering at photos of the property, it’s hard to picture the lively place it once was according to the News-Enterprise. The home opened its doors in 1915 and was known for “devolving a work ethic among students,” since its 500-acre farm was used to grow food.
“It was not a free pass to be here,” Tim Isaacs, a former student of the children’s home, said, according to The News-Enterprise. “You learned values and you learned how to work. It wasn’t easy but it was effective; it was what kids here needed.”
The buildings that are featured in the listing on Zillow.com are composed of brick and appear “to be great condition.” However, they are in need of new roofs and have other problems, such as wood rot.
The main 12,600-square-foot house has an 8,400-square-foot basement. There are also three other homes on the property as well.
Buyer beware, though: the place has a dark history as well.
In 2014, the body of a 47-year-old man was discovered inside an abandoned car on the property, wrapped in a blanket with a single gunshot wound to the head, The News-Enterprise reported.
A civilian who lived in the neighborhood discovered the body, WLKY said.
“Everyone was kind of shook up in the neighborhood about what was going on,” Chasity Lucas, a person who lived in the area told WLKY. “But it goes to show you, you know, anything can happen anywhere.”
Octavio Correa was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after pleading guilty to complicity to murder and kidnapping of 47-year-old Saul Alvarado Flores, whose body was discovered in the car, The Associated Press said according to KBKO News.
Correa’s girlfriend, Tiffany Hodges, received 20 years to life in connection to the crime, WHAS 11 reported.
Glendale is about 91 miles southwest of Lexington.