Prine, Shelly (1964-1986)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 15 Jan 1987 p. 8

Birth date: 1964

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NEWTON & VICINITY

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● There have been no arrests — and little progress toward arrests — in the Oct. 25 murder of a rural Goessel housewife, according to law enforcement officials in Marion County. Shelly Prine, 22, was last seen at 6 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 25. When her husband, Robert, returned from a duck-hunting trip at approximately 6:30 p.m., he found his wife suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. She died at 8:36 a.m., Oct. 26, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. The investigation is still in progress, according to a spokesman for the Marion County Sheriff's office.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 24 Sep 1987 p. 8

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NEWTON & VICINITY

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● A 25-year-old Newton man has been charged with first-degree murder and rape in connection with the October 1986 slaying of a rural Goessel woman. State and local law enforcement officials arrested Oliver K. Smith Jr. Sept 16, ending the investigation into the Oct. 27, 1986 death of Shelly Prine, 22, a former Newton resident. When her husband, Robert, returned from a duck hunting trip at about 6:30 p.m., Oct 26, he found his wife suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. She was taken by Newton ambulance to St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, where she died during the early morning hours. The Prines had moved to the Goessel area from Newton in August 1986.