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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Theresa Smith

Year
1996
Where
Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio
Source
Ohio Attorney General
Evidence
1
What the record says

Theresa Smith was killed in Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio, on April 27, 1996. The Ohio Attorney General lists this as an unsolved homicide, case number 672.

From the Ohio Attorney General’s unsolved homicide database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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