Eric Smith part 1/2

Police charged Smith with the murder of a four-year-old boy named Derrick Robie. The younger child had been strangled, had large rocks dropped on his head, and had been sodomized with a small stick. When asked why he did it, Smith cannot give a definite answer. A psychiatrist diagnosed Smith with intermittent explosive disorder, a condition in which a person cannot control inner rage. Smith was convicted and went to prison. 

 

Classification: Homicide
Characteristics: Juvenile (13) - Sexual abuse
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: August 2, 1993
Date of arrest: 7 days after
Date of birth: January 22, 1980
Victim profile: Derrick Robie, 4
Method of murder: Strangulation - Dropped a pair of large rocks on the boy’s head
Location: Savona, Steuben County, New York, USA
Status: Sentenced to the maximum term then available for juvenile murderers — a minimum of nine years to life in prison in 1994