The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this week about whether a killer sentenced to death for the 2013 murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle should receive a new trial. According to a brief filed in the case, the attorney for convicted killer Donald Smith argued that his trial should not have been held …
More than five years after the murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle, chilling footage of the man who took a young girl’s life has emerged, and offers a glimpse into the calculated killer’s actions shortly after his arrest. News4Jax uncovered surveillance footage of child rapist and killer, Donald Smith, recorded the day after he kidnapped Cherish …
It’s something that Dr. Oz said has never been asked of him before on his show, but the mother of slain child, Cherish Perrywinkle, in an effort to clear her name, requested a polygraph and drug test while appearing as a guest on Oz’s show. Whether she passed or not remains to be seen on …
A Florida man previously sentenced to death for the murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle learned on Wednesday that a judge upheld his death sentence. The little girl’s mother was in court while the judge read the convict his sentencing. Judge Mallory Cooper not only upheld Donald Smith’s death sentence in a Duval County courtroom on …
On Wednesday, convicted child rapist and killer Donald Smith appeared in a Jacksonville, Florida, courtroom for a Spencer Hearing, where he listened to the words of the little girl’s mother, who reminded him of the precious life he took from many people. The girl’s mother also had words for a woman she said has been …
The mother of Cherish Perrywinkle, the 8-year-old Florida girl who was raped, beaten and murdered by a man who pretended to help her mom shop, speaks out about the case in this special episode of “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.” Donald Smith, 61, was sentenced to die for the 2013 rape and murder of Cherish. …
Rayne Perrywinkle, the mother of an 8-year-old girl abducted from a Florida Walmart and later found raped and murdered, said she learned a lesson that will haunt her for life. She’s now hoping to help spread awareness about the signs parents should look for when it comes to manipulative predators, while also hoping laws …
The Florida man who raped, beat, and killed 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle was sentenced to death by a Jacksonville jury last week, but the sentence resulted in clashing opinions and heated debates as the little girl’s mother, Rayne Perrywinkle, went head-to-head with a writer staunchly opposed to the death penalty. Three days after 61-year-old Donald Smith …
The third day of the penalty phase for the man who killed, beat, and raped Florida girl Cherish Perrywinkle begins on Thursday morning and will likely end with a Duvall County jury’s decision on whether Donald Smith will get death or life without parole. On Wednesday, a neuropsychologist explained that Smith was indeed a “psychopath” who …
The penalty phase for the man convicted of kidnapping, raping, beating, and killing a little girl in Jacksonville, Florida, starts on Tuesday. The same jury that found 61-year-old Donald Smith guilty of the brutal rape, kidnapping, assault, and murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle returns to court on Tuesday morning to decide what the convicted murderer’s …
The same Florida jury that quickly decided Donald Smith was guilty of kidnapping, murdering and raping 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle must now decide of the convicted predator will get the death penalty for his crimes. Nancy Grace looks at the case against Smith with guests including victims’ advocate Klaas Kids founder Marc Klaas, crime scene investigator …
