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Local Couple Missing After Brussels Attack Now Confirmed Dead

WLEX TV

A missing Kentucky native has been identified as a victim killed in the terrorist attack at the Brussels international airport, according to a statement from her employer.  Stephanie Shults and her husband Justin Shults, had not been seen since Tuesday.

Her employer Mars, Incorporated, said in a Facebook post Saturday evening that her family confirmed she and her husband died in the attack on the Brussels airport. Justin Shults employer, Clarcor, confirmed earlier Saturday that he died in the attack.

A Lexington, Kentucky, native, Shults and her husband, originally from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, graduated together from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management.

The couple were dropping Stephanie's mother off at the airport and were watching her walk through security when the bombs went off, a family member said.