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Mary Trentman

Case from Columbia, MO dated Mar 11, 2019

Victim Details

Mary Trentman

Female

White / Caucasian

Columbia

MO

2019-03-11

83

Mary

Trentman

07/16/2026

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In what authorities have described as an apparent murder-suicide, 79-year-old Mary Trentman, a female, was found deceased in her Columbia, Missouri home on Monday, March 11, 2019. The discovery was made after police received a 911 call from her 83-year-old husband, Wayne Trentman, who informed the dispatcher that his wife was dead.

Upon their arrival at the couple's residence, law enforcement officers found Mary Trentman with a fatal gunshot wound. Her husband, Wayne Trentman, was also fo ...
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  • Columbia Daily Tribune: Couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
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