BirminghamLive.Cops discovered her body on May 5, 2019, in the house she shared with her boyfriend in Rakegate Close.Just over a year on from her untimely death, her mum and dad paid an emotional tribute to the well-loved daughter, sister and friend at an inquest into her death.Kirstie’s dad Lindsay Smith said: “It came as a big shock.
In our wildest dreams, we didn’t imagine anything like this could happen.“Kirstie was a loving daughter and a lovely child. She was a twin and had four other sisters and a brother.
I’m absolutely shocked. If she was doing what she was doing, she kept it well-hidden from us. It has come as a bolt out of the blue.“There was an outpouring of love at her funeral.
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