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Greg and Missy Smith suffered a terrible tragedy. They have been at the fore front of a movement to get cell phone companies to release information, in a faster manner, in kidnapping cases. Moran put the "Kelsey Smith" name on a weak piece of legislation, and did so without consulting with the Smith's. Tiahrt crafted a law to the Smith's liking, and got their permission to use the "Kelsey Smith" name on that law. It now the law, in Kansas. Tiahrt is pushing to take the law nation-wide.

In a surprising twist to a Johnson County murder that gained nationwide attention, Edwin Hall pleaded guilty this afternoon to killing Kelsey Smith. Hall stood before Judge Peter Ruddick as he entered guilty pleas to charges of capital murder, aggravated kidnapping, rape and aggravated criminal sodomy. For the murder charge, he faces life in prison with no chance of parole. For each of the other three counts, the range of punishment is 147 to 653 months.

Here's a True Crime update. We begin with the tale of Kelsey Smith's murderer. Here was a fellow just waiting to be put in jail as his ilk should not be walking free. Also, William Jefferson, Democrat Louisiana gets indicted, another missing teen found alive in a hidden room and there's an Iranian link in that JFK terror plot. A woman dragged to death over a fender-bender and this fellow thought he got away with murder by blaming his wife's death on his 2 year old son. But not so fast....

An Emporia, Kan., couple adopted Edwin R. Hall when he was 7 because they wanted to give him a better life. Eight years later, after Hall was convicted in juvenile court of threatening his adoptive sister with a knife, he went back into state custody. He would spend the next three years in four juvenile correctional facilities and never return to his adoptive home. The 26-year-old Hall now sits in the Johnson County jail on $5 million bond, accused of kidnapping and killing 18-year-old Kelsey Smith one week ago today. His attorney, Paul Cramm, declined to comment Friday... Hall pleaded...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - A man seen on surveillance video leaving a store shortly before a teenager was abducted in the parking lot has been arrested, hours after her body was found in a park, authorities said. Edwin R. Hall, 26, was expected to be charged Thursday morning with premeditated first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping, Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass said. Kelsey Smith, 18, had been missing since Saturday night, when she went to a Target store in this Kansas City suburb to buy a gift for her boyfriend. Surveillance video showed her being forced into her car...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- An arrest has been made in the homicide investigation of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith. Late Wednesday night, police said Edwin R. Hall, 26, of Olathe, was being held in the Johnson County Jail in connection with the slaying of Smith. Law enforcement crews combing a large wooded area near Longview Lake Wednesday found a body believed to be missing teenager Kelsey Smith, who was abducted from an Overland Park Target store parking lot Saturday night. Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass said Smith's body was found about 1:30 p.m. across the state line near Grandview, Mo., about...

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BREAKING NEWS: Search teams have found the body of a female and say it is missing teenager Kelsey Smith.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — BREAKING NEWS: Search teams have found the body of a female and say it is missing teenager Kelsey Smith. Refresh this page for further updates... About 240 federal agents, police officers and police academy students were deployed to an area in south Kansas City Wednesday in search of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, who disappeared four days ago. Following leads developed from cell phone technology, the investigators are searching the areas south and east of U.S. Route 71 and Missouri Route 150. Law enforcement is asking that no volunteers participate in the search in order to preserve the

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the safe return of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, who was forced into her car at a Target store on Saturday. "Every indication is, it’s been an abduction," Overland Park Police Chief John Douglas told FOX News on Tuesday. "So far, our best information is coming from the surveillance video." Police viewed the footage Monday. The video shows Smith, of Overland Park, Kan., leaving the store around 7:10 p.m. She had put pac