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Mom Killed In Murder-Suicide Was Award-Winning Filmmaker: Remembering Kaleigh Griffin Mom Killed In Murder-Suicide Was Award-Winning Filmmaker: Remembering Kaleigh Griffin
Kingston Murder Victim Kaleigh Griffin Was Honored Filmmaker A Hudson Valley wife and mom to two toddlers killed in a suspected murder-suicide was also an award-winning filmmaker whose work touched lives far beyond her hometown. Ulster County resident Kaleigh Smith, 37, of Kingston—credited under her maiden name Griffin—was best known for her 2013 short documentary, First Name: Jogger, Last Name: John, which profiled an “extraordinary man” and his deep connection to the town of Woodstock, New York. The film premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, won the Grand Prize at the SUNY-Wide Film Festival, and took second place at the Broadcast Education As…
Dad Murders Mom Before Plummeting To Death From Kingston Bridge, Orphaning 2 Kids: Cops Dad Murders Mom Before Plummeting To Death From Kingston Bridge, Orphaning 2 Kids: Cops
Caleb, Kaleigh Smith Dead In Kingston Murder-Suicide: Cops A Hudson Valley father murdered his wife before jumping to his death from a bridge, orphaning their two toddlers, police said. Emergency crews in Ulster County were called to the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge for a report of a jumper at around noon Wednesday, April 23. A short time later, investigators located the body of Caleb Smith, 45, of Kingston. When officers went to his Fair Street residence to notify his family, they found his wife, 37-year-old Kaleigh Smith, dead from stab wounds, police said. Detectives concluded that Smith stabbed his wife to death before taking his own life, po…