Vanessa Nessa Mae Clancy was 45 when she died after being found with a gunshot wound in a room at the Extended Stay America Hotel on River Drive South in Great Falls, Montana. Police were called at 4:11 PM on February 13, 2022; responding officers found Vanessa and 60-year-old Roger Miles both with gunshot injuries. Vanessa was taken to a hospital where she later died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Vanessa, born on December 25, 1976, in Glasgow, Montana, was a mother of four and a grandmother of three. She had worked in nursing and was described as kind-hearted and devoted to family, enjoying singing, basketball, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Michael Jordan. The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office investigated and concluded the incident was a murder-suicide, with Miles’ death ruled a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. No other suspects were named.

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