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Vanessa <I>Smith</I> Klein

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Vanessa Smith Klein

Birth
USA
Death
17 Aug 2011 (aged 24)
Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Smithfield, Fulton County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.483657, Longitude: -90.2814193
Memorial ID
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age: 24 yrs 10 mos
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Former Residence: Fayetteville, NC
Father: Stephen Smith
Mother: Eleonora Smith
Sister: Christine
Brother: Julian
Grandmother: Janine Paul

On Friday, police said it appears that Steven C. Lester, 60, called his longtime girlfriend, Vanessa Klein, 24, to come over to his home sometime Wednesday evening. Lester confronted her at the door and shot her multiple times then turned the gun on himself.

A handgun belonging to Lester was found near his body, according to police.
Vanessa Smith Klein, of Phoenix, Ariz., passed away on Aug. 17, 2011.

She was born Oct. 17, 1986, the daughter of Steve Smith and the granddaughter of Janine Paul, both formerly of Marietta, IL.

Graveside services were held on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, in Baughman Cemetery in Smithfield, IL.

Memorials may be made to the cemetery.

Obituary was printed in the Hancock County Journal Pilot on 11/10/2011
age: 24 yrs 10 mos
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Former Residence: Fayetteville, NC
Father: Stephen Smith
Mother: Eleonora Smith
Sister: Christine
Brother: Julian
Grandmother: Janine Paul

On Friday, police said it appears that Steven C. Lester, 60, called his longtime girlfriend, Vanessa Klein, 24, to come over to his home sometime Wednesday evening. Lester confronted her at the door and shot her multiple times then turned the gun on himself.

A handgun belonging to Lester was found near his body, according to police.
Vanessa Smith Klein, of Phoenix, Ariz., passed away on Aug. 17, 2011.

She was born Oct. 17, 1986, the daughter of Steve Smith and the granddaughter of Janine Paul, both formerly of Marietta, IL.

Graveside services were held on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, in Baughman Cemetery in Smithfield, IL.

Memorials may be made to the cemetery.

Obituary was printed in the Hancock County Journal Pilot on 11/10/2011

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  • Maintained by: GZRG
  • Originally Created by: Marilyn
  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75155627/vanessa-klein: accessed ), memorial page for Vanessa Smith Klein (17 Oct 1986–17 Aug 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75155627, citing Baughman Cemetery, Smithfield, Fulton County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by GZRG (contributor 50261901).