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Katelyn Marie Smith

Case from Lansing, MI dated Feb 14, 2021

Victim Details

Katelyn Marie Smith

Female

White / Caucasian

Lansing

MI

2021-02-14

24

Katelyn

Marie Smith

07/22/2026

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In the winter of 2021, the life of 24-year-old Katelyn Marie Smith, a White/Caucasian female from Lansing, Michigan, was tragically cut short. On February 14, 2021, police responded to a call at the Lansing Park Terrace housing complex, where they discovered Katelyn with a fatal gunshot wound to her face. At the time of her death, Katelyn was a devoted mother to two young children and was also 14 weeks pregnant.

Present at the scene was her boyfriend, Michael Sczepanski, who was found hol ...
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  • Lansing State Journal: Police: Lansing Twp. man said he shot, killed pregnant woman, but it was an accident
  • Lansing Township man pleads guilty in shooting death of pregnant ...
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