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Baltimore Man Manipulated Daughter into Concealing Stepmom's Murder · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: A birthday celebration took a harrowing turn when fifty two
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  year old Keith Smith contacted dispatches in Baltimore, Maryland, on
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  December first, twenty eighteen, asserting that his wife had been
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  attacked and stabbed by a homeless individual while he and
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  his daughter, Valeria remained in their vehicle. Upon their arrival
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  at Johns Hopkins Hospital, fifty four year old Jacqueline Jaquie
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  Smith was pronounced dead, having sustained multiple stab wounds to
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  her chest. Keith Smith recounted that they had stopped at
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  an intersection where a homeless woman with a baby was
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  soliciting donations, and Jackie had given her ten dollars. He
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  further claimed that shortly thereafter, another man approached their vehicle.
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  In an instant, this man began stabbing my wife, Keith
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  Smith stated in recorded police audio, also alleging that the
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  panhandler had taken his wife's necklace and wallet. However, law
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  enforcement officials found discrepancies in his account, noting that the
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  site of the purported robbery and stabbing was situated in
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  a sparsely populated area. As the public's anxiety regarding the
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  stabbing and robbery intensified law enforcement began to investigate the
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  dynamics within the Smith family more thoroughly. They quickly uncovered
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  that both Keith Smith and his daughter had motives for
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  wanting Jacqueline deceased. The eventual revelation would astonish all people
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  were appalled that he would use this story a bleak
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  East Baltimore street, a panhandling person, a random violent attack
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  on his generous wife, said Baltimore's Son columnist Dan Rodericks
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  on killer relationship with Faith Jenkins. It's just awful. It
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  exploited all the fears people had about out Baltimore, Jacqueline
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  Smith's strained relationship with her stepdaughter Valeria. In the autumn
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  of twenty thirteen, Jacqueline encountered Keith Smith at a friend's
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  birthday celebration. Within a span of nine months, the couple
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  entered into matrimony, much to the dissatisfaction of Keith's daughter,
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  Valeria Smith. The wedding was wonderful, remarked Marcel Tresvan, Jackie
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  Smith's brother. However, I believe his family, particularly Keith's daughter Valeria,
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  was somewhat unsettled by the rapid progression of their relationship.
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  Following a dispute. During the wedding, Valeria Smith was reportedly
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  escorted from the reception. As recounted by friends and family,
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  this incident marked the beginning of a series of conflicts
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  between them. Jackie was a prosperous, college educated individual, stated
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  Baltimore detective Jill bow Regard. In contrast, Valeria unfortunately struggled
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  with drug addiction, which led to numerous issues. The situation
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  escalated when Jacquie Smith encouraged Keith Smith to sell his home,
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  compelling Valeria Smith to seek alternative living arrangements. Valeria had
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  a background of violent behavior, noted Patrick Seidel, a former
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  assistant State's Attorney in Baltimore City. She had previously faced
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  allegations related to a domestic incident involving a knife. CCTV
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  cameras and cell phone data cast doubt on Keith and
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  Valeria Smith's stories. Upon reviewing the recorded footage from the
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  roads that Keith Smith asserted he traveled on the night
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  of his wife's stabbing, officers identified inconsistencies in his account.
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  That particular route is monitored by over thirty CCTV cameras
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  and none of them captured his vehicle, stated Beauregard. An
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  examination of the cell phone data belonging to Keith and
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  Valeria Smith further raised questions regarding the events that transpired.
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  What we uncovered was astonishing. Beauregard remarked. Jacqueline's phone was
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  deactivated and contained no data. Similarly, Keith Smith's phone was
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  also turned off and had no data. However, Valeria's phone
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  indicated that they made a turn towards Druid Hill Park.
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  The data revealed that the vehicle was stationary in the park,
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  contrary to the direction claimed by the couple regarding the
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  location of the stabbing, for approximately fifteen minutes. Additional evidence
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  emerged with the release of the medical examiner's report, which
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  indicated that Jacqueline Smith's DNA was found on her right hand,
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  while there was a significant amount of Keith Smith's DNA
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  a present on her left hand. What happened to Keith Smith?
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  On February fourteenth, twoenty nineteen, an anonymous informant alerted the
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  police that Jacquie Smith was contemplating a divorce from Keith Smith,
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  who had disclosed this information to his brother, Vic Smith,
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  a detail that Vic later corroborated. Vic Smith informed us
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  that Keith and Jaquie were experiencing marital discord, stated Baltimore
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  detective Michael Moran during an episode of Killer Relationship with
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  Faith Jenkins. Throughout their four year marriage, the couple acquired
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  vehicles and even a yacht. They were enjoying a lavish lifestyle,
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  remarked Sidle. Upon reviewing their financial records, it became evident
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  that much of this extravagant living was funded by Jacqueline.
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  Keith Smith was also the primary beneficiary of Jaquie Smith's
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  life insurance policy, which would yield eight hundred four thousand
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  dollars in the event of her death. Ultimately, Keith Smith
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  was convicted of the murder