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Teen charged in sister's rape, slaying (Va)
The Washington Times ^ | 9-5-07 | Metro

Posted on 09/05/2007 11:45:22 AM PDT by JZelle

SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) — A teenager was charged yesterday with killing and raping his sister and beating his niece with a sledgehammer in a crime the sheriff called one of the most brutal he has seen.

Walter Smith Jr., 16, was charged with the first-degree murder and rape of his sister, Betsy Mary Smith, 22, and aggravated assault against his 2-year-old niece, Andrea Costello.

The teenager was charged after he recounted Monday morning's events to Spotsylvania detectives, said Sheriff Howard Smith. Based on what he told them, police said, Miss Smith was beaten with a sledgehammer and stabbed before being raped. When Andrea began crying, she was struck in the head with a sledgehammer. Miss Smith, the little girl and a 1-year-old boy were then locked inside the room.

"This is probably one of the more brutal cases that I've been involved in here," said Sheriff Smith, who has been with the sheriff's office for 22 years.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
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1 posted on 09/05/2007 11:45:24 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle

Life in prison

NOT REHAB


2 posted on 09/05/2007 11:46:33 AM PDT by wastedyears (George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
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To: wastedyears

In Va., the Death Penalty is used.... not as often as Texas, but often nonetheless.


3 posted on 09/05/2007 11:49:16 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: JZelle

What on earth is wrong with this boy? Prayers for the children & family. I hope he is charged as an adult & faces the death penalty.


4 posted on 09/05/2007 11:49:30 AM PDT by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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To: JZelle
Mrs. Smith said she does not think her son killed his sister.

"He don't remember nothing he did," she said. "He was out of it or something like that. It was an accident. He don't remember that stuff."

She said that her son had no history of violence but that he was on medication for depression. He is being held in the Rappahannock Juvenile Detention Center.


In one sentence she doesn't believe he did it. In the other it was an accident because he was out of it. Interesting.

And of course, now I want to go vomit after reading that story.
5 posted on 09/05/2007 11:50:08 AM PDT by elc
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To: wastedyears

At 16, his carcass should be swinging from the gallows (Of course if found guilty).


6 posted on 09/05/2007 11:50:48 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: wastedyears
Life in prison

There was a point in time when this POS would have just been "found dead" and not a soul would care!

7 posted on 09/05/2007 11:51:29 AM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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To: JZelle

Anyone capable of doing that will should never be allowed in public again. There is no way you can prove to me he would ever be a non violent psycopathic time bomb.


8 posted on 09/05/2007 11:52:04 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: JZelle

Wow. I don’t even know what to say. The story is kind of confusingly written, IMO. Is everyone in the town named Smith? The mother seems to be in complete denial. She says her son doesn’t remember, yet he recounted the events to the police...?

Very sad and sickening story.:(


9 posted on 09/05/2007 11:52:05 AM PDT by USArmySpouse
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To: pandoraou812

I suspect that the antidepressants the kid was on were a factor. Some of the side effects can be pretty scary, especially if the person using them is not clinically depressed. While these meds are a useful tool we still know next to nothing about them and they are wildly over-prescribed.


10 posted on 09/05/2007 11:53:41 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: theDentist

Unfortunately, this kid probably will not be executed. Too much Globalist UN inspired backdown from liberals and republicans regarding executing those under 18.

If Virginia does execute this punk, more power to them. Just too many libs and repubs who will put pressure to prevent execution


11 posted on 09/05/2007 11:54:42 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (FantasyCollegeBlitz.com)
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To: theDentist

IIRC, capital punishment was ruled unconstitutional if the person is under 18 at the time of the crime.


12 posted on 09/05/2007 11:56:15 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wastedyears

Too bad the little monster is under 18 ... If he was older, he’d have a date with The Needle.


13 posted on 09/05/2007 11:56:48 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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This kid is Democrat Presidential material, if he were just smart enough to keep from getting caught.
14 posted on 09/05/2007 11:58:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: wagglebee

Yes, I forgot it said he was 16.


15 posted on 09/05/2007 11:59:28 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: theDentist

The death penalty is not available here because Smith is 16. A defendant must be 18 when the crime is committed to be death-eligible.


16 posted on 09/05/2007 12:00:18 PM PDT by writmeister
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To: pandoraou812

What on earth is wrong with this boy?.... Evil is carnate and stalks the world daily.


17 posted on 09/05/2007 12:00:49 PM PDT by Safetgiver (So simple, even a Muslim can do it.)
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To: JZelle; All
You will note the last section - the kid was on drugs prescribed to him.

We are drugging killers.

18 posted on 09/05/2007 12:03:56 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior; theDentist

Roper v. Simmons made it unconstitutional to execute someone who was a minor when the crime was committed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roper_v._Simmons


19 posted on 09/05/2007 12:04:03 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: theDentist

Of course, once the general population of a maximum security prison finds out that he raped and murdered his sister he might wish he was on death row.


20 posted on 09/05/2007 12:05:22 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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