samuel smith
case study
Crime
On January 21, 1958, Dorothy Waterstreet was robbed and beaten to death near Smith's neighborhood in Amsterdam, New York. Evidence pointed towards the 16-year-old Smith, but the case fell apart when the district attorney was too hasty in trying to extract a confession , and Smith was not arrested. During the following summer, while under continuing pressure from Amsterdam police, Smith relocated to baltimore maryland, where he kidnapped a 25-year-old woman and beat her nearly to death. This time, a witness interrupted the crime and Smith left a living victim. He was quickly arrested, and on April 12, 1959, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for assault.
Crime scene
Nearly beat a 25 year old women to death but ,but a witness interrupted the crime and smith left leaving a living victim.
also after he was released from prison he beat two people to death and human feces was found near the crime , hair and blood made smith the lead suspect
Evidence , defense and prosecution
the defense claims he did not do the crimes, that he had a multi personalty disorder and that his brother who died and a infant was controlling him .
Sentence
After several crimes and sentences to prison he got 25 to life and unsecsefully tried to commit suicide