Kayce Michelle Steger

Death by Force

In the winter of 1997, a tragedy unfolded in West Paducah, Kentucky, that would forever alter the community. On the cold morning of December 1, 15-year-old Kayce Michelle Steger, a female student at Heath High School, joined a group of her friends for a prayer circle before the start of the school day. This gathering, a routine display of faith for the students, was shattered by an act of violence that ended the lives of three young women and injured five other students.

Kayce, along with ...Read More

The Atlantic: Memories of a School Shooting: Paducah, Kentucky, 1997

CNN - Third student dies in Kentucky school shooting - December 2, 1997

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