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Karen Elaine Sykes Smith, a 53-year-old special education teacher, tragically lost her life on April 10, 2017, in a horrific incident at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, California. Smith was in her classroom when her estranged husband, Cedric Anderson, entered and opened fire. Anderson, who had married Smith just a few months earlier in January 2017, had been displaying increasingly erratic behavior and making threats towards her. Despite these warning signs, Smith did not percei ...Read More
Victim Details

Karen Elaine Sykes Smith

Female

Black / African American

San-bernardino

CA

2017-04-10

53

Karen

Elaine Sykes Smith

11/11/2025