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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.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
February 25, 1990, family home in St. Petersburg, FL
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