Right? Self serving "confession". Wah, wah the woman made fun of me. More like he said something out of line and she rebuked him. That or she caught him stealing something.
"I'm not going to say Jason is a monster, because he's not," said his cousin who only wanted to be identified as "George."
No one has mentioned the fact that she was not fully dressed when her body was discovered.
Snapped, my @ss!
LE had the killer dead to rights as soon as they started watching the videos.
No one has mentioned the fact that she was not fully dressed when her body was discovered.
Snapped, my @ss!
LE had the killer dead to rights as soon as they started watching the videos.
But, police say, while Smith may have thought he was destroying DNA evidence by setting the fire, he may have left his hooded sweatshirt behind. Police are now analyzing one that was found in the basement.
After the crime, police say he went on to another job in New Jersey.
.. oops. Additions to my previous post:
Just over an hour's drive from Levittown, a cluster of three more murders-with-arson close together in New Jersey, all three older women two in 2010, one in 2012: Barabara, Dolores and Joan
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130125_EXTERMINATED.html
Smith's statements to police, along with physical evidence, were enough to charge him Thursdaynight. At his closed-circuit TV arraignment, Smith sat grim-faced, clad in a hooded sweatshirt as the magistrate read the list of charges in Ketunuti's killing, including murder, arson, risking catastrophe, possession of an instrument of crime and abuse of a corpse.
bbm
During the arrest, police shot and killed Smith's dog, although Philadelphia police said they have no report of it. A police source said the law-enforcement officer who shot the dog was part of the Homicide Fugitive Task Force.
Smith was not in a uniform and was wearing a North Face jacket and a hat when walking to Ketunuti's house, but he looked different when he left, Feibush said.
"When he came back he had gloves on, his hat was off and his jacket was in his arms," he said. "Coming back he walks directly under the camera and that's when we realized, 'Wow!' We had this guy on camera."
video at link/ sorry it's a still from the video
An instrument of crime is anything specially made or specially adapted for criminal use, or an object that is commonly used for criminal purposes. Instruments of crime are sometimes referred to as "derivative contraband." Examples of an instrument of crime include:
Lock picking devices,
Firearm or other illegal weapon,
Drill bits,
Screwdrivers or other tools,
Controlled substances, or
Drug paraphernalia.
bourne, I totally agree, regarding the 'monster' comment.
As for the links - I'm really just jotting down what similar unsolveds exist in a radius of about an hour's drive (or so) around Levittown, which have one or more of the criteria - indoor/strangled/fire/basement/tape or hogtied/rope/not raped/upper body obliteration/partially clothed.
Not saying all or any are related, just kind of gathering them here in case. Really, I should focus on the years 2007-20012 only but the other cases fit so well that I included even the long shots (within reason).
Oh and, legal definition of 'instrument of crime':
Quote:
An instrument of crime is anything specially made or specially adapted for criminal use, or an object that is commonly used for criminal purposes. Instruments of crime are sometimes referred to as "derivative contraband." Examples of an instrument of crime include:
Lock picking devices,
Firearm or other illegal weapon,
Drill bits,
Screwdrivers or other tools,
Controlled substances, or
Drug paraphernalia.
- from this article
"I'm not going to say Jason is a monster, because he's not," said his cousin who only wanted to be identified as "George."
Investigators say Smith confessed to strangling the pediatrician, and setting her body on fire after they got into an argument over the contract. He claims he "just snapped," according to a police source.
"What he did was atrocious," the cousin added. "I just want people to know that he's a good person. He's a great father to his son. He's a loving person, he has compassion, he has remorse."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50578576/ns/local_news-philadelphia_pa/#.UQKR5r_C2ux
Sorry, but your cousin Jason Smith is WORSE than a monster. He is a savage beast with no morals or compunction. He drove around the victim's home where he murdered her in cold blood not only once, but twice to bask in his vindictive glory. He not only knocked a woman down, but he strangled her with his bare hands, tied her up, AND doused her with gasoline and set her on fire! Then he drove onto another extermination job as if the murder never happened. THAT is the very definition of a monster to the extreme.
So we have - a guy who liked to set fires as a kid - who was drawn to fire-related occupations - and set his victim's body on fire.
I think looking for other cases is not a bad idea.