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Wayne Smith

Case from Terrebonne Parish, LA dated Aug 22, 2005

Victim Details

Wayne Smith

Male

Black / African American

Terrebonne Parish

LA

2005-08

17

Wayne

Smith

06/29/2026

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In the late summer of 2005, the community of Houma in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, was left with unsettling questions surrounding the death of 17-year-old Wayne Henry Scott Smith, known to his friends and family as 'Wezzy Bo.' An obituary published in late August of that year announced his passing, stating that the young man, a student at Ellender Memorial High School, had died earlier that month. Curiously, the notice also mentioned that 'No official date and time of death has been established ...
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  • John Wayne Smith Obituary December 7, 2005
  • Wayne Smith Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information
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