Michael J. Smith

How they died

Suicide

Michael J. Smith shot and killed Trooper Paul Richey before he shot and killed his wife, Nancy Frey-Smith, and later himself. Because it was not disclosed whether the trooper was on premises when the wife was killed, her death has not been included individually in the Fatal Encounters dataset.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Michael J. Smith, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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