The Adair County Sheriff's Dept. is investigating a death in Adair County.
On Friday, April 27, 2018 at approximately 10:32 p.m., Adair county 911 received a call of a unresponsive female at the Kozy Cabins off of Hwy South 55. Adair EMS along with Adair County Sheriff deputies and officers from the Columbia Police Department responded to the scene and located 46-year-old Penni Smyth of Austin, Kentucky not breathing. Emergency personal attempted to resuscitate the female but were not successful. Smyth was pronounced deceased at TJ Heath Columbia by Deputy Coroner Tony Bragg and sent for an autopsy.
During the course of the investigation, officers on scene located and confiscated an illegal moonshine still and approximately 9 gallons of moonshine from John and Peggy Haskell, owners of Kozy Cabins.
This investigation is ongoing with charges pending. Deputy Josh Durbin is investigating with assistance from sheriff Harrison Moss and Officers Cole and Brockman with Columbia Police.
