Killer Of Pa. Medical Student Dies Of Cancer

MARYSVILLE, Ohio—A woman convicted of killing Pittsburgh-area medical student in Ohio in 1997 has died of cancer while serving a prison sentence of 18-½ years to life.

A spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says 53-year-old Marlene “Slim” Smith died at the Ohio State University Medical Center on Sept. 6.

Smith and her husband, Douglas Main, were charged in 2004 with murdering Anthony Proviano of Baldwin, Pa., at a motel in Belmont County, Ohio. Proviano had been driving home for Christmas.

Charges against Main were dismissed because he was denied a speedy trial, but Smith was convicted of murder and sentenced in 2006.

Smith had been at the Ohio State Reformatory for Women in Marysville, before she was transferred to the hospital in July.

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