Steve and Chris Liethen owned Good 'N Loud Music in 1989, when he found Ronnie Joe Kirk's bones in the building's chimney flue.
Workers excavate the parking lot of Good 'n Loud Music in 1989 after bones were found in the bottom of a chimney. Authorities announced this week that the body belonged to Ronnie Joe Kirk.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes, left, and Mid Town District Captain Jason Freedman announce the identification of Ronnie Joe Kirk of Tulsa, Okla., as the person whose remains were discovered in a chimney of a former music store on University Avenue In 1989.
A Madison police photo of the skull and bones as they appeared in a chimney at the back of a former Madison music store in 1989.
The low-slung concrete building stood “in the middle of nowhere,” its parking lot unlit. In the back, the roof eaves sloped down to a lean-to structure which, combined with some discarded appliances left by a former tenant, made for easy access to the roof.
Ronnie Joe Kirk, in an undated photo.
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Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes, left, and Mid Town District Captain Jason Freedman announce the identification of Ronnie Joe Kirk of Tulsa, Okla., as the person whose remains were discovered in a chimney of a former music store on University Avenue In 1989.
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