Chicago dance instructor killed a block away from studio
Devoureaux Wolf told the Chicago Sun0Times. “Some of them needed a way to express themselves and Verndell would get that out of them.” Sheila Neal, a mother whose son danced at Smith’s dance studio, called the instructor a “sweetheart” who “cared about those kids beyond recognition.” Smith founded The Ultimate Threat dance organization ten years ago and created the Greater Grand Crossing dance studio for youth in the community. He also leaves behind his own ten-year-old son. With a complete loss of hearing in one ear and only partial hearing the other, Smith had an extraor...
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