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Unsolved February 25, 1990 Suspicious Death

Terri Schiavo

Status Unsolved
Type Suspicious Death
Date February 25, 1990
Location St. Petersburg, Florida
Victim Age 26
Gender Female

Terri Schiavo collapsed from cardiac arrest in St. Petersburg, Florida and suffered severe brain damage. She remained in a vegetative state for 15 years at the center of a national right-to-die legal battle. Her husband wanted to remove life support; her parents fought to keep it. Questions about the cause of her initial collapse were never fully resolved.

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