PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A mother who disappeared from her central Pennsylvania home in 2002 and was later declared legally dead before resurfacing in Florida has been sent to jail on a probation violation.
The Pensacola News Journal reports Brenda Heist, who’s known in the court system as Kelsie Smith, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail.
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