Jessica Lyn Keen, age 15. Sunday, March 16, 1991. Attended Westland High School, where she was a cheerleader. Survived by her mother, Rebecca Keen Smitley of Columbus; father, James Keen of Dayton; sister, Heather Keen of Dayton; maternal grandparents, George E. and Ruth Smitley of Columbus; paternal grandparents George and Rosemary Keen of Sarasota, Florida; step-sister, Jaime Keen of Dayton; step-brother J.R. Keen of Dayton; numerous aunts, uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles and a host of friends in Columbus and Dayton. Friends may call Jerry Spears, 2693 W. Broad St., Wednesday 7-9 p.m., where service will be held 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Interment at Sunset Cemetery.
Jessica Lyn Keen was a promising young student and cheerleader whose life was cut short in the spring of 1991. At first, investigators suspected Keen's then-boyfriend, a young man who Keen's mother believed was a negative influence on her daughter's life. Seventeen years later, an accused sexual predator named Marvin Smith was arrested by officials, thanks to DNA evidence linking him to Keen's rape and murder. Smith had been out on bail when he abducted Jessica, assaulted her and eventually beat her to death with a tombstone when she attempted to escape through a cemetery
Jessica Lyn Keen was a promising young student and cheerleader whose life was cut short in the spring of 1991. At first, investigators suspected Keen's then-boyfriend, a young man who Keen's mother believed was a negative influence on her daughter's life. Seventeen years later, an accused sexual predator named Marvin Smith was arrested by officials, thanks to DNA evidence linking him to Keen's rape and murder. Smith had been out on bail when he abducted Jessica, assaulted her and eventually beat her to death with a tombstone when she attempted to escape through a cemetery
Jessica Lyn Keen, age 15. Sunday, March 16, 1991. Attended Westland High School, where she was a cheerleader. Survived by her mother, Rebecca Keen Smitley of Columbus; father, James Keen of Dayton; sister, Heather Keen of Dayton; maternal grandparents, George E. and Ruth Smitley of Columbus; paternal grandparents George and Rosemary Keen of Sarasota, Florida; step-sister, Jaime Keen of Dayton; step-brother J.R. Keen of Dayton; numerous aunts, uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles and a host of friends in Columbus and Dayton. Friends may call Jerry Spears, 2693 W. Broad St., Wednesday 7-9 p.m., where service will be held 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Interment at Sunset Cemetery.
Jessica Lyn Keen was a promising young student and cheerleader whose life was cut short in the spring of 1991. At first, investigators suspected Keen's then-boyfriend, a young man who Keen's mother believed was a negative influence on her daughter's life. Seventeen years later, an accused sexual predator named Marvin Smith was arrested by officials, thanks to DNA evidence linking him to Keen's rape and murder. Smith had been out on bail when he abducted Jessica, assaulted her and eventually beat her to death with a tombstone when she attempted to escape through a cemetery
Jessica Lyn Keen was a promising young student and cheerleader whose life was cut short in the spring of 1991. At first, investigators suspected Keen's then-boyfriend, a young man who Keen's mother believed was a negative influence on her daughter's life. Seventeen years later, an accused sexual predator named Marvin Smith was arrested by officials, thanks to DNA evidence linking him to Keen's rape and murder. Smith had been out on bail when he abducted Jessica, assaulted her and eventually beat her to death with a tombstone when she attempted to escape through a cemetery
