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Vanessa Denyce Reese

Case from Fairbanks, AK dated Feb 22, 2017

Victim Details

Vanessa D. Reese

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Fairbanks

AK

2017-02-22

24

Vanessa

Denyce Reese

Primary Suspect Deceased

07/07/2026

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Vanessa Denyce Reese, a 24-year-old Hispanic female, was found dead in Fairbanks, Alaska on February 22, 2017. She was born March 5, 1992 in Dallas, Texas, and at the time of her death lived in Fairbanks, where she worked as a health and safety coordinator for Thrivalaska Headstart and as a certified nurse assistant at the Denali Center.

Her death was determined to be homicide by gun violence.

Investigators treating the death as an apparent murder-suicide reported that a man with ...
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