Wash. woman surprised to find she was listed as murder victim

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Cheri Schumann would like Kennewick High School's class of 1971 to know she is very much alive.

A story in Saturday's Tri-City Herald about Kennewick High's reunion focused on seven classmates who were slain out of 80 who had died. Schumann -- now Cheri Taylor -- was included.

But Taylor lives in Mill Creek, north of Seattle, with her husband and four children. She said she's happy, healthy and not ready to be buried.

Reunion co-chairwoman Debra Blum told the newspaper the report of Taylor's premature demise came by email, apparently from another classmate. Blum said she used other sources to verify it.