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Suicide of Lia Smith
Lia Smith, American diver and transgender rights advocate.
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2025 · October 18
Their story
Who they were
Lia Purcell Smith was an American student at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, who died by suicide on October 18, 2025, at the age of 21. She was reported missing by her father on October 19, 2025, and her body was found by the Vermont State Police near Middlebury College's organic farm in Cornwall, Vermont, on October 24, 2025. Smith, who was a transgender woman, was a member of the Middlebury Panthers women's swimming and diving team and experienced backlash, doxing,
Why this date
Suicide of Lia Smith appears on our October 18 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.
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October 18 2025.
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