Faith Marie Zuranski Kinkel was a 57-year-old Spanish teacher in Springfield, Oregon, who was killed in her home on May 20, 1998. When Faith arrived home that evening, her son met her in the garage, told her he loved her, then shot her multiple times, including twice in the back of the head, three times in the face, and once through the heart; her body was later covered with a sheet.

The next morning Kipland Kinkel carried out a shooting at Thurston High School, killing two students and wounding 25 others before students subdued him and he was arrested. The bodies of Faith and William Kinkel were found only after his arrest. Kipland confessed to killing his parents, later lunged at an officer with a concealed knife saying he wanted the officer to kill him, and told investigators he had intended to take his own life after killing his parents but could not. In September 1999 he pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder and received a sentence totaling nearly 112 years without the possibility of parole.

Does anyone have information about Faith’s life in Springfield, her work as a teacher, or memories of her that could help preserve her memory?