Renee Munshi

Renee Bina Munshi was a young woman of Fort Collins, Colorado, who is remembered for the simple human ties that make a life meaningful. Born March 24, 1980, Renee spent her late teens in the Larimer County community where friends and neighbors would have known her as a familiar face and companion to those closest to her.

Although public records about Renee’s daily life are limited, the available official sources place her at 19 years of age at the time of her death on October 6, 1999. Those facts are part of the public record; behind them was a person with relationships and routines — a daughter, friend, partner, and someone who loved her dog. The detail that she was caring for an injured pet when help was being sought speaks to a tenderness toward animals and to small acts of care that shape memories of a life.

When remembering Renee, it is important to honor her as more than a date or an entry in a file. She was a young adult on the cusp of life’s possibilities: social connections, daily responsibilities, and the small pleasures that make up ordinary days. Her passing left a gap for family and community members who grieved a life taken too soon.

Renee’s death remains part of the public record and the community’s unresolved loss, but any account should foremost acknowledge her existence as a person whose life mattered. This remembrance honors her by speaking to her humanity — the relationships she had, the compassion suggested by caring for a pet, and the fact that she was known and loved by people in Fort Collins. May this page hold space for those memories and offer a respectful place to recall Renee’s life, however privately or publicly her loved ones choose to remember her.