Kentucky Code § KRS 72.440

Circumstances under which coroner may order body exhumed
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A coroner may, upon receipt of an affidavit from any person stating that he believes or has reasonable grounds to believe that a person who is dead and buried died from poisoning or other illegal cause, order the body exhumed and a post -mortem examination or autopsy conducted.

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