The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Friday, October 27, 1995               TAG: 9510270604
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

PORTSMOUTH WOMAN KILLED

Police are treating the death of a 43-year-old woman, whose body was found on Wednesday night, as the city's 31st homicide.

Deborah E. Smith was found dead shortly after 9 p.m. at her home in the 4300 block of Deep Creek Blvd. Smith apparently was stabbed.

Her body was sent to the Norfolk Crime Lab.

KEYWORDS: MURDER STABBING by CNB