Roy Lee Smith

JulieR said:

I just don't get the feeling this guy had anything to do with it. Could be wrong, but my gut tells me he didn't.

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An acquaintance of Smith's described to The Detroit News on Tuesday how FBI agents questioned her at Smith's home shortly after Nevaeh disappeared May 24.

Meg Vogan said she was watching television at the home of Smith, who is her daughter's friend, when there was a knock at the front door. Four men and a woman were standing on the porch.

The four men identified themselves as FBI agents. The woman was a parole officer. They were there to question Smith, but they ended up interviewing Vogan and her daughter, too, she said.

"They came in and took us all into different rooms," said Vogan, 55. "They started asking me a bunch of questions I didn't understand: 'Where did you sleep Sunday?' 'Where did you wake up?' 'When you went to the restaurant with Roy, did he pay cash or use a credit card?' I didn't know what it was all about."

Police told The Detroit News last week that Smith, 48, was an "associate" of Nevaeh's mother. He is in custody on an unspecified parole violation and has been listed as a person of interest in the case, now in its third week. Vogan said she isn't sure what to believe, although she claims Smith spent most of the last two months with her and her 24-year-old daughter before his arrest last week.

"There were a few times when he wasn't with us, but he was never gone for long," Vogan said. "Basically, he was with us all the time."

Vogan said the case has been gnawing at her. She said Smith acted "kind of weird" in the days after Neveah was reported missing.

"The day before the FBI came to his house, we went to Birch Run, and his phone was ringing off the hook, but he wouldn't answer it," she said. "If he did know something about (Nevaeh's disappearance), he wouldn't tell. He always talked about how he wasn't a snitch."

The day after she was questioned at Smith's home, Vogan said two FBI agents showed up at her residence the next evening.

"They asked a bunch of questions about (Smith)," she said. "Also, they were asking the same questions they had asked me the night before; I think they were trying to see if my answers would be the same."

Vogan said her daughter, whose name she asked not to be used, was picked up for probation violation a few days after the FBI questioned her and is in the Monroe County Jail. Vogan said since Smith had courted her daughter for about two months.

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tfrohning said:

I wonder if we could look up who in Monroe county jail?

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...Roy Lee Smith, 48, was released from state prison in February, 2008, after serving time for a 1991 conviction for criminal sexual conduct...

...According to an affidavit, Smith gave his nephew’s van to George Kennedy, a convicted sex offender who remains in custody on an unrelated parole violation. Authorities have said Kennedy is also a person of interest in the girl’s disappearance.

According to the court record, authorities have searched the van, retrieved a tool from it, and have sent it for testing....

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...The affidavit said Smith gave his nephew's 1993 GMC van to Kennedy. Authorities found a steel multi-knife tool set and fishing weights in the van that was found parked in the 6100 block of North Monroe Street after the girl disappeared.

The tool set and fishing equipment were among items sent to the crime lab for testing...

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Peliman said:

Hi-Lite Super Market
15539 S Telegraph Road
Monroe, MI 48161

Roy Smith (registered)
15501 S Telegraph Rd
Monroe MI 48161

Too close oh man er woman

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