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On New Year's Day in 2019, the community of New Tazewell, Tennessee, was shaken by the death of 50-year-old Michelle Renee Smith. Initially, reports suggested that Smith had died by suicide from a gunshot wound at her home on Sunset Lane. However, as Claiborne County Sheriff's Office detectives began their investigation, the evidence at the scene started to tell a different story. Investigators determined that the gunshot wound was likely not self-inflicted.

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Victim Details

Michelle Renee Smith

Female

White / Caucasian

New-tazewell

TN

2019-01-01

50

Michelle

Renee Smith

01/04/2026