The 65-year-old defendant, Smith, reportedly abducted and ra-ed the 8-year-old child, Cherlsh, until her ‘parts were destroyed’. But, unfortunately, prosecutors said that this is when the story gets even worse.
The elderly man lured the girl’s family to WaImart and then left with just her. According to Raine, the vitim’s mother, she and her three daughters, including 8-year-old Cherish, were shopping when a stranger changed their lives forever. S
truggling financially, the mother said she thought that Smith was the blessing she needed when he approached her and offered to help her out. Little did she know, his kind gesture was all a front to get what he really wanted, and it would lead to a mother’s worst nightmare.
After seeing the mother struggle to pay for her children’s outfits, Smith lured the family to Walmart, gaining their trust with promises of new clothes and a McDonald’s meal at the store.
When the mother realized her 8-year-old daughter had vanished along with the stranger, she frantically called 911, but it was too late. Read the fuII story▶