Deceased/Not Found IN - Steven Smith, 52, Lafayette, 31 Dec 2008 *W. Kelly guilty*

[OkieGranny]

http://wthitv.com/2017/02/09/putting-a-name-to-remains-found-in-indiana/

“If we can just find one bone — that’s our goal.”

Miller is the cousin of Steven Lee Smith. She sifts through the papers that document his murder in 2008. Smith’s roommate, Wesley Kelly, hit him with a padlock, causing him to fall into the Wabash River. Kelly pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 2010.

All the while, Smith’s body was never located.

“We kind of lost our hope that we would ever find him alive, but we’ve still clinged to the hope that you’ll get closure, even if it’s just in recovery of remains,” said Miller.

NamUs: https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/9435

 

[Caring1]

Hopefully Steven’s cousin will get her wish and this human bone found may belong to him. There is another male who also was lost in this same river last year, Anik Paul. This bone could belong to him as well.

October 16, 2024

The Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office said they were notified by the Indiana State Police on Oct. 15 of a bone found by someone who was fishing near Wabash Bottoms Park, located at 950 West and 75 South.

Authorities investigating after human remains found near West Lafayette park

The Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office said they were notified by ISP of a bone found by someone who was fishing near Wabash Bottoms Park.

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