The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation into the 2001 death of a woman whose widow, Dale Smith, was recently arrested for the 2011 murder of Michelle Parker.
Shannon Collins-Smith, 26, died on April 10, 2001. An obituary in the Orlando Sentinel stated that she died from a brain injury. Published reports later indicated her death at a friend’s home was ruled accidental intoxication from MDMA, or ecstasy.
At the time of Collins-Smith’s death, Smith was serving a three-year sentence in a military prison after being convicted of domestic violence against his wife, court records show…