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Tonita Smith

Case from Charlottesville, VA dated Nov 19, 2021

Victim Details

Tonita Smith

Female

Black / African American

Charlottesville

VA

2021-11-19

39

Tonita

Smith

06/24/2026

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In the autumn of 2021, a sense of dread unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia, with the disappearance of 39-year-old Tonita Lorice “Nita” Smith. A mother of six, she was a cherished member of her family and community. Concerns grew when she was officially reported missing on November 19, 2021, having last been seen five days earlier in Charlottesville. The search for Tonita would come to a grim conclusion, entangling her fate with that of another woman and revealing a sinister pattern of vio ...
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