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Vondre Smithers

Case from Lexington, KY dated Mar 17, 2015

Victim Details

Vondre Smithers

Male

Black / African American

Lexington

KY

2015-03-17

20

Vondre

Smithers

07/20/2026

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In the early morning hours of March 17, 2015, a discovery was made on Bellefonte Drive in Lexington, Kentucky, that would unravel a story of a young life cut short. Vondre R. Smithers, a 20-year-old male, was found lying in the street, initially believed to have been the victim of a hit-and-run. He was rushed to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where the grim truth was revealed: he had sustained a single gunshot wound to the head. His death was officially ruled a homicide.

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