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Sean Smith

Case from Spotsylvania, VA dated Mar 16, 2015

Victim Details

Sean Smith

Male

Black / African American

Spotsylvania

VA

2015-03-16

44

Sean

Smith

07/18/2026

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On the evening of March 16, 2015, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, 44-year-old Sean Smith, a Black male, was fatally shot in his home on Harrison Road. His wife, Laurence Marie-Flora Smith, placed a 911 call around 5:45 p.m., initially reporting that she had accidentally shot her husband while cleaning a gun. When deputies arrived, they found Sean Smith deceased from a single gunshot wound.

Though the incident was first presented as an accident, the investigation by detectives soon pointed towa ...
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