Stepdaughter claims panhandler murdered stepmom so the real killer — her dad — can flee to Mexico: Court

A Maryland woman admitted Thursday to not only witnessing her stepmother’s murder and claiming that a panhandler did it, but helping her father—the accused killer—flee to Mexico. The Baltimore Sun reports that Valeria Smith, 28, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in connection with the murder of Jacquelyn Smith, 54, who was …