This guy has been known for quite some time.
Saw this on a thread yesterday, hat tip to MD Expat.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3631956/posts?page=15#15
Pertinent part: ***Before his arrest for Cherishs death, Smith had a long criminal history dating back to the 1970s related to lewd and lascivious conduct. Doctors determined that he met the criteria of a violent sexual predator after arrests in 1999, and he had served prison time and been ordered to get treatment, according to the Florida Times-Union newspaper.
In 2009 he posed as a child welfare worker and asked a child sexually explicit questions on the telephone and was arrested on felony charges, which were later reduced to misdemeanors, the newspaper reported.***
http://time.com/5146652/rayne-perrywinkle-donald-smith-trial-testimony/
Thanks for the hat tip. This guy should have been locked away and kept there until he assumed room temperature and if so, he would have never had the opportunity to murder this poor innocent little girl.
He should have been locked up permanently long ago.