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Who killed Barbara Smith?
On a tragic autumn day, October 24, 1980, the life of 37-year-old Barbara Smith, a Caucasian female, was brutally cut short in her Wichita, Kansas home. Her husband and daughter made the horrific discovery, finding Barbara in her residence at 1151 S Waverly Drive. She had been bludgeoned to death, sustaining fatal injuries to her head from what investigators determined was severe blunt force trauma.
The scene suggested a desperate attempt by the perpetrator to conceal the crime. Evidence ...Read More
On a tragic autumn day, October 24, 1980, the life of 37-year-old Barbara Smith, a Caucasian female, was brutally cut short in her Wichita, Kansas home. Her husband and daughter made the horrific discovery, finding Barbara in her residence at 1151 S Waverly Drive. She had been bludgeoned to death, sustaining fatal injuries to her head from what investigators determined was severe blunt force trauma.
The scene suggested a desperate attempt by the perpetrator to conceal the crime. Evidence ...Read More
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Barbara Smith
October 21, 2022
Female
Caucasian / White
Wichita
KS
1980-10-24
37
Barbara
Smith
11/07/2025
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09/25/2023
09/25/2023
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03/02/2023
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