Joseph P. Smith

Courts / Law

Convicted Killer Of Carlie Brucia Dies In Prison

Associated Press

Joseph Smith, who was on Florida's death row for killing Carlie Brucia in Sarasota, died on Monday.
Courts / Law

Justices Toss Out Death Sentence In Carlie Brucia Murder

News Service of Florida

A divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered resentencing for a Death Row inmate who was convicted in the 2004 sexual assault and murder of…
Courts / Law

Authorities: Murdered Girl's Mother Died Of Overdose

Authorities say the mother of an 11-year-old Florida girl who was killed after being abducted in 2004 has died of a heroin overdose.Polk County Sheriff…

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