Smallville High body count

Between the fall of 2001 and spring of 2005, there were several deaths among the students and faculty of Smallville High School. These deaths were caused by a number of different things, with the true cause not always reaching the general public. The following list does not include the deaths of former Smallville High students such as Whitney Fordman (who had already graduated, and was killed in action, while serving overseas in the Marines^[1]), Alicia Baker (said to be living in Granville, when she died^[2]), and Van McNulty (killed while a patient at the Belle Reve Sanitarium^[3]).

Season One[]

Coach Arnold[]

See main article: Walt Arnold

Cause of Death: burned himself to death, after losing control of his Pyrokinesis.

Official Cause: accidental death in a fire.^[4]

Jenna Barnum[]

See main article: Jenna Barnum

Cause of Death: frozen to death by Sean Kelvin.

Official Cause: mysterious death. Sean Kelvin wanted for questioning.

Principal Kwan[]

See main article: James Kwan

Cause of Death: Justin Gaines crushed Kwan with a car.

Official Cause: accidental death. According to the police report, the car was still on, and must have slipped into gear.^[5]

Season Two[]

Troy Turner[]

See main article: Troy Turner

Cause of Death: old age, after Chrissy Parker drained his youth.

Official Cause: progeria.^[6]

Russell Burton[]

See main article: Russell Burton

Cause of Death: old age, after Chrissy Parker drained his youth.

Official Cause: progeria.^[6]

Chrissy Parker[]

See main article: Chrissy Parker

Cause of Death: rapidly aged to death, after failing to absorb enough youth to keep herself young.

Official Cause: missing person.^[7]

John Frankle[]

See main article: John Frankle

Cause of Death: stabbed to death by Ian Randall.

Official Cause: stabbed to death by Ian Randall.^[8]

Travis George[]

See main article: Travis George

Cause of Death: fatal fall, after being infected by a parasite, that originated from Krypton.

Official Cause: fatal fall, following suspected drug taking at a rave.^[9]

Season Three[]

Jake Pollen[]

See main article: Jake Pollen

Cause of Death: shot to death by Van McNulty.

Official Cause: shot to death by Van McNulty.^[10]

Coach Altman[]

See main article: Joseph Altman

Cause of Death: suicide. Burned to death in a fire, after attempting to kill himself, Lana Lang, and Megan Calder.

Official Cause: suicide. Burned to death in a fire, after attempting to kill himself, Lana Lang, and Megan Calder.^[11]

Garrett Davis[]

See main article: Garrett Davis

Cause of Death: shot to death by a deputy sheriff.

Official Cause: shot to death by a deputy sheriff.^[12]

Season Four[]

Dawn Stiles[]

See main article: Dawn Stiles

Cause of Death: after becoming a spirit, Dawn was repulsed by the damages to her original body and killed it. Jonathan Kent later used Green Kryptonite to force Dawn's spirit out of Clark Kent's body, causing the spirit to dissolve.

Official Cause: car accident.^[13]

Karen Gallagher[]

See main article: Karen Gallagher

Cause of Death: died in childbirth. Karen's body was vaporized by energy released by her son, Evan Gallagher.

Official Cause: unknown. Body was vaporized, leaving nothing for investigators to find. Presumably regarded as a missing person/suspected runaway by local law enforcement.

Haley Timmonds[]

See main article: Haley Timmonds

Cause of Death: turned to wax by Brendan Nash, who ripped off Haley's head and smashed it over the stairs.^[14]

Official Cause: unknown. All left for investigators to find would have been smashed pieces of a wax statue, likely not identified as human remains. It should also be noted that Haley's death happened the day before the 2005 Meteor Shower, which would have distracted the local population (including law enforcement).^[14][15] In one case, a murder committed the same day as Haley's, became officially regarded as a death caused by the 2005 Meteor Shower.^[16]

Brendan Nash[]

See main article: Brendan Nash

Cause of Death: turned to wax, when he attempted to use his power on Clark Kent (who proved immune). The wax statue fell off the staircase and got smashed.^[14]

Official Cause: unknown. All left for investigators to find would have been smashed pieces of a wax statue, likely not identified as human remains. It should also be noted that Brendan's death happened the day before the 2005 Meteor Shower, which would have distracted the local population (including law enforcement).^[14][15] In one case, a murder committed the same day as Brendan's death, became officially regarded as a death caused by the 2005 Meteor Shower.^[16]

Others[]

• Greg Arkin was seemingly crushed in 2001,^[17] but turned up alive in 2010.^[18] It is unknown if he was believed to have died or run away. Apart from Clark Kent, no one at the 2010 homecoming celebration was shown reacting to his presence.
• Sean Kelvin was encased in ice, after Clark threw him into a lake. Donovan Jamison later claimed that Sean was still alive inside of the ice.^[19] It is unknown what the general public of Smallville were told of Sean's disappearance.
• Dustin Crenshaw was left comatose, after being attacked by Jodi Melville, who sucked out all of his body fat. It is unknown if he recovered or passed away.^[20]
• Seth Nelson was left comatose in 2003. It is unknown if he ever woke up, remained in a coma, or passed away.^[21]

Trivia[]

• The death of Jenna Barnum was the only time that a school memorial was shown onscreen.^[22] After the deaths of both Principal Kwan and Travis George, Chloe Sullivan mentions working on a memorial edition of the Smallville Torch.^[5][9]
• Ian Randall dies in a deleted scene in the Season Two episode Dichotic. However, that scene is not canon. The Season Three episode Asylum shows him still alive and a patient at Belle Reve.^[3]

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