Jay C. Smith
Jay C. Smith (June 5, 1928 – May 12, 2009)[1] was a high school principal in Pennsylvania who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1986 for the 1979 murder of Susan Reinert and her two children, Karen and Michael. He spent six years on Pennsylvania's death row until his conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court due to prosecutorial misconduct.
Smith's daughter Stephanie Hunsberger and her husband were reported missing in 1978 and never have been found.[1]
Smith was principal of Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Reinert and her colleague, William Bradfield, were teachers at the same school, where Reinert taught English. In 1983, Bradfield was convicted of conspiracy to commit the same murders; he was the sole beneficiary of Reinert's life insurance. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and died in 1998.
Smith died on May 12, 2009 of a heart condition.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Martin, Douglas (May 14, 2009). "Jay C. Smith, Convict Later Freed in Murder Case, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
- ^ Former Upper Merion Principal Jay Smith Dies, retrieved from KYW1060, 14 May 2009
- Principal Suspect by William Costopoulos
- Engaged to Murder by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
- Echoes in the Darkness by Joseph Wambaugh
- Madison Street Methodist Church (Chester, PA) Baptism Records
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