today, 11/7, is the beginning of the murder case against joseph smith, who is accused of murdering little Carlie Brucia in sarasota Fla. you may have seen the video of him accosting the little girl and leading her off to her brutal rape and murder. if you get court TV it begins live this morning, if anyone would like to discuss the case as it goes along. .............
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This is so freaking sad. I will be watching coverage on my girl, Nancy Grace's show tonight at 8pm EST.
My heart goes out to all of her parents.
LC, why does it take more than a year after capturing a criminal for them to go to trial? Is it solely so the Prosecutor can build a [good] case?
My heart goes out to all of her parents.
LC, why does it take more than a year after capturing a criminal for them to go to trial? Is it solely so the Prosecutor can build a [good] case?
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DesignerGal wrote: This is so freaking sad. I will be watching coverage on my girl, Nancy Grace's show tonight at 8pm EST.
My heart goes out to all of her parents.
LC, why does it take more than a year after capturing a criminal for them to go to trial? Is it solely so the Prosecutor can build a [good] case?actually it's usually the defense that utilizes the delay- delay -delay tactic...hoping passions will die down and witnesses will "forget". but there is overwhelming evidence here, this defense team ought to plea it out to save the bastard from death row, but i doubt the DA would deal here. the prosecutor never even files the case until all their ducks are in a row.
My heart goes out to all of her parents.
LC, why does it take more than a year after capturing a criminal for them to go to trial? Is it solely so the Prosecutor can build a [good] case?actually it's usually the defense that utilizes the delay- delay -delay tactic...hoping passions will die down and witnesses will "forget". but there is overwhelming evidence here, this defense team ought to plea it out to save the bastard from death row, but i doubt the DA would deal here. the prosecutor never even files the case until all their ducks are in a row.
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opening statements are a good indicator of how the case will go...i would personally like to grab the defense attny. by his throat and choke him....it's pretty clear he's going to go for the "OJ DNA is crap" theory. i sure hope this jury isn't as vegetative as the OJ jury. and his other pathetic tactic is "are you going to believe the video and your lying eyes, or are you going to believe my client the druggie felon"?
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I know. I didnt see any of the court coverage but I watch Nancy Grace every night and she was talking about this case last night. Its amazing this isnt an open and shut case. THe video is there and its sick that its so damning, and he still gets this long drawn out trial, and finally the defense attorney is going to attempt to disprove he did it? This jury cant be that stupid!
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i swear i think the brother was drunk or drugged out on the stand today.
Brother: Joseph Smith Confessed To Raping, Killing Carlie Brucia
The brother of the man accused of raping and strangling Carlie Brucia testified today against the defendant, who could be put to death if found guilty.
Brother: Joseph Smith Confessed To Raping, Killing Carlie Brucia
The brother of the man accused of raping and strangling Carlie Brucia testified today against the defendant, who could be put to death if found guilty.
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It must be really awful being a parent of an abducted childand having to live the rest of your life knowing what your child went through before being murdred. I don't know how some people manage to get through it.
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bastard.......... Medical Examiner: Carlie Brucia Was Sexually Assaulted, Strangled
POSTED: 2:54 pm EST November 14, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Scrapes, marks and bruises on Carlie Brucia's body indicate the 11-year-old girl was bound, dragged on her side and strangled from behind with a cord or string, a medical examiner testified Monday on the fifth day of the trial of her accused killer.
Carlie also appeared to be have been sexually assaulted, Dr. Russell Vega said as jurors were shown almost two dozen graphic images on a television screen of Carlie's badly decomposed body.
"My opinion remains that strangulation was the cause of death," said Vega, medical director for Florida's 12th district.
POSTED: 2:54 pm EST November 14, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Scrapes, marks and bruises on Carlie Brucia's body indicate the 11-year-old girl was bound, dragged on her side and strangled from behind with a cord or string, a medical examiner testified Monday on the fifth day of the trial of her accused killer.
Carlie also appeared to be have been sexually assaulted, Dr. Russell Vega said as jurors were shown almost two dozen graphic images on a television screen of Carlie's badly decomposed body.
"My opinion remains that strangulation was the cause of death," said Vega, medical director for Florida's 12th district.
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the prosecution and defense have rested, and closing arguments should begin this afternoon.
Prosecutors Play Tapes Of Smith Talking About Brucia's Death
POSTED: 8:58 am EST November 16, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The man accused of abducting, raping and strangling Carlie Brucia told his mother, brother and a friend in taped conversations from jail that he was high on drugs during the crime and that the 11-year-old girl's death was an accident.
Prosecutors played the taped conversations for jurors Tuesday as they wrapped up their case against Joseph Smith. His defense attorney was to present arguments Wednesday before the case went to the jury.
The edited conversations were taped over the telephone or during jailhouse meetings in the weeks after Carlie's Feb. 1, 2004 disappearance. In one conversation, Joseph Smith told his brother, John, that he felt "good" after making a confession and an act of contrition to a priest. Carlie's disappearance received worldwide attention since a car-wash security camera captured the abduction.
"I confessed to everything, murder, all types of stuff," Smith said.
In another conversation, Smith asked his mother to explain to his ex-wife that what had happened was an accident.
"You don't think I would do that on purpose, Ma? It was an accident," Smith said on the tape. "I didn't mean to do it, Ma. She knows I'm not an animal, right?"
In another talk with a friend, Sharon "Dusty" Johnson, Smith said he was on cocaine and heroin. "I wasn't myself," he said. "This is what this (expletive) did to me."
In a jailhouse meeting with his brother, John Smith suggested that they communicate using a code, according to another taped conversation.
An FBI code breaker testified for prosecutors Tuesday that Joseph Smith told his brother in a letter encrypted in code that he had dumped Carlie's clothes and backpack in four trash bins and had dragged her body to where it was found at a church property more than four days after she disappeared.
The letter ended with Joseph Smith telling his brother to destroy the correspondence after deciphering it and "shut up," said Dan Olson, the FBI code breaker.
Carlie Brucia
Smith, a 39-year-old former auto mechanic and father of three daughters, is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and capital sexual battery. He has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he may face the death penalty.
His defense attorney, Adam Tebrugge, on Tuesday challenged the reliability of an FBI lab that linked his client through DNA tests to a semen stain found on the 11-year-old girl's shirt.
Tebrugge used a report faulting the FBI lab in Quantico, Va. for employing methods that were "vulnerable" to mistakes as the framework of his cross examination of FBI examiner Jennifer Luttman, who testified the previous day that the semen stain matched DNA in an oral swab taken from Tebrugge's client, Joseph Smith.
The report by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General was released in May 2004 in response to an investigation of misconduct by an FBI staff biologist. The biologist was found two years earlier to have falsified lab documents to cover up the fact that she failed to complete tests showing whether contamination had been introduced into the DNA testing process.
"Methods have been put into place to prevent this from happening again," Luttman said during questioning from the defense attorney.
Although the biologist didn't work on Smith's case, and Luttman testified that there had been no contamination of Smith's sample, Tebrugge has challenged the FBI lab's reliability as a major part of the defense.
Other strategies include disputing that Smith is in a security-camera recording that shows a man abducting Carlie from a car wash parking lot, raising questions about evidence contamination and asking why investigators didn't pursue other men as suspects, such as Smith's brother, John.
John Smith testified last week that his brother made a jailhouse confession to him about raping and killing Carlie and told him where her body was. On Tuesday, Tebrugge asked the FBI examiner if she had gotten a DNA sample from John Smith. She said no, and later added it was extremely unlikely Joseph and John Smith would have the same DNA unless they were identical twins, which they aren't.
When asked if FBI lab biologists could make errors in handling, testing and recording DNA data or have a bias in a case, Luttman said: "That's a possibility."
Previous Stories:
November 14, 2005: Medical Examiner: Carlie Brucia Was Sexually Assaulted, Strangled
November 10, 2005: Jurors Grim As They View Photos Of Carlie Brucia's Body
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Prosecutors Play Tapes Of Smith Talking About Brucia's Death
POSTED: 8:58 am EST November 16, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The man accused of abducting, raping and strangling Carlie Brucia told his mother, brother and a friend in taped conversations from jail that he was high on drugs during the crime and that the 11-year-old girl's death was an accident.
Prosecutors played the taped conversations for jurors Tuesday as they wrapped up their case against Joseph Smith. His defense attorney was to present arguments Wednesday before the case went to the jury.
The edited conversations were taped over the telephone or during jailhouse meetings in the weeks after Carlie's Feb. 1, 2004 disappearance. In one conversation, Joseph Smith told his brother, John, that he felt "good" after making a confession and an act of contrition to a priest. Carlie's disappearance received worldwide attention since a car-wash security camera captured the abduction.
"I confessed to everything, murder, all types of stuff," Smith said.
In another conversation, Smith asked his mother to explain to his ex-wife that what had happened was an accident.
"You don't think I would do that on purpose, Ma? It was an accident," Smith said on the tape. "I didn't mean to do it, Ma. She knows I'm not an animal, right?"
In another talk with a friend, Sharon "Dusty" Johnson, Smith said he was on cocaine and heroin. "I wasn't myself," he said. "This is what this (expletive) did to me."
In a jailhouse meeting with his brother, John Smith suggested that they communicate using a code, according to another taped conversation.
An FBI code breaker testified for prosecutors Tuesday that Joseph Smith told his brother in a letter encrypted in code that he had dumped Carlie's clothes and backpack in four trash bins and had dragged her body to where it was found at a church property more than four days after she disappeared.
The letter ended with Joseph Smith telling his brother to destroy the correspondence after deciphering it and "shut up," said Dan Olson, the FBI code breaker.
Carlie Brucia
Smith, a 39-year-old former auto mechanic and father of three daughters, is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and capital sexual battery. He has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he may face the death penalty.
His defense attorney, Adam Tebrugge, on Tuesday challenged the reliability of an FBI lab that linked his client through DNA tests to a semen stain found on the 11-year-old girl's shirt.
Tebrugge used a report faulting the FBI lab in Quantico, Va. for employing methods that were "vulnerable" to mistakes as the framework of his cross examination of FBI examiner Jennifer Luttman, who testified the previous day that the semen stain matched DNA in an oral swab taken from Tebrugge's client, Joseph Smith.
The report by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General was released in May 2004 in response to an investigation of misconduct by an FBI staff biologist. The biologist was found two years earlier to have falsified lab documents to cover up the fact that she failed to complete tests showing whether contamination had been introduced into the DNA testing process.
"Methods have been put into place to prevent this from happening again," Luttman said during questioning from the defense attorney.
Although the biologist didn't work on Smith's case, and Luttman testified that there had been no contamination of Smith's sample, Tebrugge has challenged the FBI lab's reliability as a major part of the defense.
Other strategies include disputing that Smith is in a security-camera recording that shows a man abducting Carlie from a car wash parking lot, raising questions about evidence contamination and asking why investigators didn't pursue other men as suspects, such as Smith's brother, John.
John Smith testified last week that his brother made a jailhouse confession to him about raping and killing Carlie and told him where her body was. On Tuesday, Tebrugge asked the FBI examiner if she had gotten a DNA sample from John Smith. She said no, and later added it was extremely unlikely Joseph and John Smith would have the same DNA unless they were identical twins, which they aren't.
When asked if FBI lab biologists could make errors in handling, testing and recording DNA data or have a bias in a case, Luttman said: "That's a possibility."
Previous Stories:
November 14, 2005: Medical Examiner: Carlie Brucia Was Sexually Assaulted, Strangled
November 10, 2005: Jurors Grim As They View Photos Of Carlie Brucia's Body
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i am in shock!!! the defense waived his right to a closing statement!!! unprecedented!!!! my jaw is on the floor!!
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this SOB is setting up for an ineffective assistance of counsel appeal i think. what a low tactic. 
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Is that where he comes back and says, "I want to appeal because I dont think my lawyer did a good enough job defending me at the first trial?"
My father in law is a huge attorney in KY...I'll have to talk to him about this sucker. He is coming for Thanksgiving.
My father in law is a huge attorney in KY...I'll have to talk to him about this sucker. He is coming for Thanksgiving.
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DesignerGal wrote: Is that where he comes back and says, "I want to appeal because I dont think my lawyer did a good enough job defending me at the first trial?"
yep...very calculated, but still unheard-of to decline your at-bat for closing. the prosecutor gets another op to close tomorrow morning, then it will go to the jury. i predict a very fast verdict.
yep...very calculated, but still unheard-of to decline your at-bat for closing. the prosecutor gets another op to close tomorrow morning, then it will go to the jury. i predict a very fast verdict.
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There is no way this guy can get off. I just dont understand how he could even appeal either. Its right there on the bleeping tape. This trial is a waste of money and absurd! You are close to this area, right LC?
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close enough.... the next thing will be the penalty phase, where the child's family delivers their statements for the jury to consider life or death. the ONLY thing the defense can hope for in this case is to keep him off death row. but he knows it's futile. so that's why he just pulled this stunt. appeals are not won or lost on evidence or facts of the case, they are only won on legal errors in the trial record.
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This makes me absolutley sick. The older I get the more "republican" I start getting (for lack of a better word). I never used to believe in the death penalty and sometimes still dont, but in cases that involve children being raped and murdered I see no other place for them to get punishment other than hell. When do you think sentencing will begin?
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i'm fairly certain sentencing will occur very soon after jury verdict in penalty phase. but penalty phase could be delayed a couple weeks. it is a very solumn moment to see a person sentenced to death. in this case i look forward to it.
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i am on verdict watch, jury has been out three hours. :yh_nailbi :yh_coffee
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guilty all counts. penalty phase commences Nov. 28.
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HOORAY!
Fry the sucker, or better yet, let HIM get raped and beaten repeatedly by huge guys named Rex and Chopper!
Thanks for the updates LC!
Fry the sucker, or better yet, let HIM get raped and beaten repeatedly by huge guys named Rex and Chopper!
Thanks for the updates LC!
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lady cop wrote: guilty all counts. penalty phase commences Nov. 28.
I saw that on the news. I hope the FRY him!!!!
I saw that on the news. I hope the FRY him!!!!
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unfortunately florida retired old sparky (the electric chair) after some rather messy executions. we have some people on death row like danny rolling that i'd like to see the chair brought back for.
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lady cop wrote: unfortunately florida retired old sparky (the electric chair) after some rather messy executions. we have some people on death row like danny rolling that i'd like to see the chair brought back for.
Doesn't matter. But wouldn't it be better to see him stripped, assaulted by Big Bad Bubba, & then tortured & strangled, while being dragged???
Doesn't matter. But wouldn't it be better to see him stripped, assaulted by Big Bad Bubba, & then tortured & strangled, while being dragged???
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LC, who is Danny Rolling, and what did he do? GA got rid of their electric chair also. Is lethal injection the new "executioner"?
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DesignerGal wrote: LC, who is Danny Rolling, and what did he do? GA got rid of their electric chair also. Is lethal injection the new "executioner"?danny rolling is a filthy scumbag who murdered 5 college kids here, decapitating one, he was the gainesville ripper, and caused great terror in the college town until he was caught. ...and yes, lethal injection is predominant in the country, no more electric chairs in use. .........CrimeLibrary.com/Serial Killers/Sexual Predators/Savage Weekend ... Daniel Rolling, Gainesville Ripper killed four women and two men in one ... had to answer in 1994 when Danny Rolling was to be sentenced for five murders. ...
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lady cop wrote: danny rolling is a filthy scumbag who murdered 5 college kids here, decapitating one, he was the gainesville ripper, and caused great terror in the college town until he was caught. ...and yes, lethal injection is predominant in the country, no more electric chairs in use. .........CrimeLibrary.com/Serial Killers/Sexual Predators/Savage Weekend ... Daniel Rolling, Gainesville Ripper killed four women and two men in one ... had to answer in 1994 when Danny Rolling was to be sentenced for five murders. ...
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO BLEEPING F^&$ED UP? I DONT HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY, CONSCIENCE, ETC TO PUT MY HANDS ON SOMEONE IN A VIOLENT MANNER MUCH LESS END SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE!
I CANT GRASP IT!
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO BLEEPING F^&$ED UP? I DONT HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY, CONSCIENCE, ETC TO PUT MY HANDS ON SOMEONE IN A VIOLENT MANNER MUCH LESS END SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE!
I CANT GRASP IT!
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penalty phase starts today, will be broadcast on court TV.
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her parents testified as to their deep loss. now the defense is crying boo-hoo joe was depressed. oh god i hope he's depressed on death row. what an animal. i want to kill this defense attny. myself.
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Defense Witnesses: Joseph Smith Talented Mechanic, Loving Father
POSTED: 1:17 pm EST November 29, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A probation officer, a barber shop owner and a friend of a man convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl testified Tuesday that Joseph Smith was a talented mechanic, a loving father and a drug addict who wanted to kick his habit.
The series of witnesses were called by Smith's defense attorneys in an effort to convince jurors to recommend a sentence of life in prison without parole rather than death by lethal injection for murdering Carlie Brucia last year. Circuit Judge Andrew Owens ultimately will decide the sentence.
Barbara Dossey, whose daughter, Dusty, dated the defendant, said Smith always would help with repairs around her house and treated her grandchildren "as if they were his own."
Barbara Messenger, who owned a hair salon with her husband that Smith patronized, said Smith was a terrific mechanic whom she recommended to her clients. Messenger, an evangelical Christian, has written letters about spirituality to Smith in jail and said she saw the defendant with his young daughters.
"He was a good daddy," Messenger said. "Joseph is a good daddy."
Paul Grudzina, who considered Smith one of his best friends in Florida, described him as "very caring, affectionate," with his three daughters
Under cross-examination by prosecutors, however, most of the witnesses conceded they had had only limited contact with Smith and that he had kept his drug addiction hidden from them.
A former probation officer, Marcos Olivari, said Smith had expressed a desire to kick his drug habit but never enrolled himself in a drug treatment program.
The defense also planned to call two underage witnesses, whose names defense attorney Adam Tebrugge asked the judge to stop from being made public. An attorney representing several media organizations said he would object to a prohibition on using the witnesses names.
Jurors convicted Smith on Nov. 17 of kidnapping, sexual battery and first-degree murder. Carlie's murder received worldwide attention because her Feb. 1, 2004, abduction as she walked home from a friend's house was captured by a car wash surveillance camera. Her death spurred the introduction of federal and state legislation to crack down on probation violators.THE DEFENSE IS IN TROUBLE. none of these people had seen him in years. desperation time. i wonder how desperate Carlie was to live?? :-1
POSTED: 1:17 pm EST November 29, 2005
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A probation officer, a barber shop owner and a friend of a man convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl testified Tuesday that Joseph Smith was a talented mechanic, a loving father and a drug addict who wanted to kick his habit.
The series of witnesses were called by Smith's defense attorneys in an effort to convince jurors to recommend a sentence of life in prison without parole rather than death by lethal injection for murdering Carlie Brucia last year. Circuit Judge Andrew Owens ultimately will decide the sentence.
Barbara Dossey, whose daughter, Dusty, dated the defendant, said Smith always would help with repairs around her house and treated her grandchildren "as if they were his own."
Barbara Messenger, who owned a hair salon with her husband that Smith patronized, said Smith was a terrific mechanic whom she recommended to her clients. Messenger, an evangelical Christian, has written letters about spirituality to Smith in jail and said she saw the defendant with his young daughters.
"He was a good daddy," Messenger said. "Joseph is a good daddy."
Paul Grudzina, who considered Smith one of his best friends in Florida, described him as "very caring, affectionate," with his three daughters
Under cross-examination by prosecutors, however, most of the witnesses conceded they had had only limited contact with Smith and that he had kept his drug addiction hidden from them.
A former probation officer, Marcos Olivari, said Smith had expressed a desire to kick his drug habit but never enrolled himself in a drug treatment program.
The defense also planned to call two underage witnesses, whose names defense attorney Adam Tebrugge asked the judge to stop from being made public. An attorney representing several media organizations said he would object to a prohibition on using the witnesses names.
Jurors convicted Smith on Nov. 17 of kidnapping, sexual battery and first-degree murder. Carlie's murder received worldwide attention because her Feb. 1, 2004, abduction as she walked home from a friend's house was captured by a car wash surveillance camera. Her death spurred the introduction of federal and state legislation to crack down on probation violators.THE DEFENSE IS IN TROUBLE. none of these people had seen him in years. desperation time. i wonder how desperate Carlie was to live?? :-1
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i can't start a thread and not finish it....the jury has it, they're sequestered. in florida it only takes 7 to 5 to vote death. but the judge still decides. it should come in tomorrow, friday. i have to say the piece of garbage scumbag defendant looked sedated today. totally oblivious. his mother was in court weeping, but she never testified, and his sister, an ugly sod. they never even begged for his sorry life.
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GMT), December 1, 2005
Jury recommends death for child killer
Joseph Smith hears the jury decision.
A jury recommended the death penalty for Joseph Smith, the Florida man convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Carlie Brucia. Her case gained nationwide attention after police released videotape last year of her kidnapping from a car wash security camera.
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Jury recommends death for child killer
Joseph Smith hears the jury decision.
A jury recommended the death penalty for Joseph Smith, the Florida man convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Carlie Brucia. Her case gained nationwide attention after police released videotape last year of her kidnapping from a car wash security camera.
FULL STORY | NEWS UPDATE
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there have been stories about Carlie's mother floating around for some time....Carlie Brucia's Mother Sought For Theft
POSTED: 1:13 pm EST January 11, 2006
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The mother of Carlie Brucia, the girl whose abduction was captured by a car wash security camera two years ago, stole thousands in money and jewelry from her father last week and then disappeared, according to a sheriff's report and family members.
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Susan Schorpen
Susan Schorpen, who has battled drug addiction, cashed an $800 check Jan. 4 that was written by her father to pay for her stay in a residential drug treatment program, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. A crime victim's advocate with whom she had been staying said arrangements had been made for Schorpen to check into the program Jan. 3.
She hasn't been seen she cashed the check.
Schorpen's father, Egil Schorpen, and a brother, Paul Schorpen, filed a report with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office on Monday accusing her of stealing cash, credit cards and a ring worth $5,000.
"We are going to have her arrested for what she did," Paul Schorpen told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "We're looking to help her before she kills herself or someone else."
Susan Schorpen's drug use became known after the highly publicized abduction and slaying of Carlie by mechanic Joseph Smith in February 2004. Carlie, 11, was grabbed as she was walking home from a friend's house, the images captured on a car wash security camera and later broadcast around the world.
Smith was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing Carlie, and the jury recommended he be executed. He will be sentenced Feb. 13.
Judy Cornett, who runs a Tampa crime victims' advocacy group, had taken in Schorpen and supported her during Smith's trial in November. Cornett said Schorpen also stole jewelry from her before disappearing, leaving behind a locket containing some of Carlie's ashes.
"I feel very betrayed," Cornett said Wednesday. "I took her in for three months, I supported her, I helped her get on her feet. I got her clothes, I got her a job. I spent a lot of time helping her out'.
POSTED: 1:13 pm EST January 11, 2006
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The mother of Carlie Brucia, the girl whose abduction was captured by a car wash security camera two years ago, stole thousands in money and jewelry from her father last week and then disappeared, according to a sheriff's report and family members.
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Susan Schorpen
Susan Schorpen, who has battled drug addiction, cashed an $800 check Jan. 4 that was written by her father to pay for her stay in a residential drug treatment program, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. A crime victim's advocate with whom she had been staying said arrangements had been made for Schorpen to check into the program Jan. 3.
She hasn't been seen she cashed the check.
Schorpen's father, Egil Schorpen, and a brother, Paul Schorpen, filed a report with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office on Monday accusing her of stealing cash, credit cards and a ring worth $5,000.
"We are going to have her arrested for what she did," Paul Schorpen told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "We're looking to help her before she kills herself or someone else."
Susan Schorpen's drug use became known after the highly publicized abduction and slaying of Carlie by mechanic Joseph Smith in February 2004. Carlie, 11, was grabbed as she was walking home from a friend's house, the images captured on a car wash security camera and later broadcast around the world.
Smith was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing Carlie, and the jury recommended he be executed. He will be sentenced Feb. 13.
Judy Cornett, who runs a Tampa crime victims' advocacy group, had taken in Schorpen and supported her during Smith's trial in November. Cornett said Schorpen also stole jewelry from her before disappearing, leaving behind a locket containing some of Carlie's ashes.
"I feel very betrayed," Cornett said Wednesday. "I took her in for three months, I supported her, I helped her get on her feet. I got her clothes, I got her a job. I spent a lot of time helping her out'.
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now Carlie's mother has been arrested for prostitution. 
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the stories about her surfaced among LE as soon as Carlie was missing...i am convinced the child was neglected.
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Why is it Leslie Demeniuk's never recieved the death penalty (just because she claim'd insanity) for what she did to those innocent little lives yet Joseph Smith is given death for the murder of a innocent child he didn't even know or had probaly set eyes on befoer shouldn't Demeniuk be KILL'D on the spot after all the lives she she took she watch'd growing their first steps, first word ETC
Shouldn't justic be done for those boys aswell as this innocent girl????????
Shouldn't justic be done for those boys aswell as this innocent girl????????
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Smith To Be Sentenced Today For Slaying Of Carlie Brucia
POSTED: 9:04 am EST February 13, 2006
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The man found guilty kidnapping, raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl in Sarasota is being sentenced today.
Joseph Smith was found guilty in November of killing Carlie Brucia.
She was grabbed behind a car wash as she was walking home from a friend's house Feb. 1, 2004. Her body was found on the grounds of a nearby church four days later.
Brucia's abduction by the tattooed auto mechanic was captured by a security camera and aired by television stations around the world.
A jury voted 10-2 to recommend execution for Smith. State Circuit Judge Andrew Owens has the final word.
Defense attorney Adam Tebrugge is asking for life in prison without parole. He argues that Smith was drug addicted and out of control when he committed the crime.
Smith was on probation on a drug conviction when he killed Carlie. The crime prompted lawmakers to introduce federal and state legislation to crack down on probation violators.---this is not entirely accurate. today is his chance to speak, or his family members if they wish. the judge will not hand down formal sentencing today.
POSTED: 9:04 am EST February 13, 2006
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The man found guilty kidnapping, raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl in Sarasota is being sentenced today.
Joseph Smith was found guilty in November of killing Carlie Brucia.
She was grabbed behind a car wash as she was walking home from a friend's house Feb. 1, 2004. Her body was found on the grounds of a nearby church four days later.
Brucia's abduction by the tattooed auto mechanic was captured by a security camera and aired by television stations around the world.
A jury voted 10-2 to recommend execution for Smith. State Circuit Judge Andrew Owens has the final word.
Defense attorney Adam Tebrugge is asking for life in prison without parole. He argues that Smith was drug addicted and out of control when he committed the crime.
Smith was on probation on a drug conviction when he killed Carlie. The crime prompted lawmakers to introduce federal and state legislation to crack down on probation violators.---this is not entirely accurate. today is his chance to speak, or his family members if they wish. the judge will not hand down formal sentencing today.
Carlie Brucia murder trial
Tearful Plea
Carlie Brucia's killer begs for his life :-1 :-1 :-1
Weeping killer apologizes for rape, murder of 11-year-old two years ago, tells judge he was on drugs
Carlie Brucia's killer begs for his life :-1 :-1 :-1
Weeping killer apologizes for rape, murder of 11-year-old two years ago, tells judge he was on drugs
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lady cop wrote: Tearful Plea
Carlie Brucia's killer begs for his life :-1 :-1 :-1
Weeping killer apologizes for rape, murder of 11-year-old two years ago, tells judge he was on drugs
I dont care what this guy has to say. I read the article. There is so much free help out there for addicts so for him to use that as an excuse? He can kiss my bloomin arse!
This was a terrible tragedy. I hope she is in Heaven right now getting all the love she deserves!
Thanks for the updates, LC!
Carlie Brucia's killer begs for his life :-1 :-1 :-1
Weeping killer apologizes for rape, murder of 11-year-old two years ago, tells judge he was on drugs
I dont care what this guy has to say. I read the article. There is so much free help out there for addicts so for him to use that as an excuse? He can kiss my bloomin arse!
This was a terrible tragedy. I hope she is in Heaven right now getting all the love she deserves!
Thanks for the updates, LC!
HBIC
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sentencing is march 15, i will update then. he never cried during the victim impact statements, only when talking about himself. he was whining about how there are no phones on death row!
Carlie Brucia murder trial
EST March 15, 2006
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The man convicted of abducting, raping and slaying 11-year-old Carlie Brucia will be sentenced today in Sarasota.
A jury has recommended by a vote of 10-2 that Joseph Smith be executed. A judge is required by law to give great weight to that recommendation when he makes his ruling Wednesday.
During a hearing last month, Smith tearfully apologized for his crimes. He told the judge that he took large amounts of heroin and cocaine and tried to kill himself before he abducted Carlie on Feb. 1, 2004.
Smith said he didn't remember much about that day and asked the judge to spare him for the sake of his family.
Carlie's abduction was caught by a security camera and aired nationally. Her body was found four days after her disappearance on the grounds of a Sarasota church.
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The man convicted of abducting, raping and slaying 11-year-old Carlie Brucia will be sentenced today in Sarasota.
A jury has recommended by a vote of 10-2 that Joseph Smith be executed. A judge is required by law to give great weight to that recommendation when he makes his ruling Wednesday.
During a hearing last month, Smith tearfully apologized for his crimes. He told the judge that he took large amounts of heroin and cocaine and tried to kill himself before he abducted Carlie on Feb. 1, 2004.
Smith said he didn't remember much about that day and asked the judge to spare him for the sake of his family.
Carlie's abduction was caught by a security camera and aired nationally. Her body was found four days after her disappearance on the grounds of a Sarasota church.
Carlie Brucia murder trial
I remember when this happened! We were still living in Florida at the time.
Let us know what happens with this a$$hole!
Let us know what happens with this a$$hole!
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lady cop wrote: Death
WOOHOO!!! Serves him right!
WOOHOO!!! Serves him right!
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lady cop wrote: Death
Justice was served imo
Justice was served imo
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lady cop wrote: Death
Hey, uhh.....LC? Could you be a bit more specific here? This is kinda vague. :yh_rotfl
Hey, uhh.....LC? Could you be a bit more specific here? This is kinda vague. :yh_rotfl
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
We won't be punished for our sins, but BY them.
~Darrel Worley~
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Bullet's trial was a farce. Can I get an AMEN?????
We won't be punished for our sins, but BY them.
Carlie Brucia murder trial
I love it! Florida doesn't mess around!:D
Carlie Brucia murder trial
BabyRider wrote: Hey, uhh.....LC? Could you be a bit more specific here? This is kinda vague. :yh_rotfli loved the judge. he addressed all mitigating and aggravating factors. mitigators carried little weight. then he said "you have forfeit your right to live". in florida he will be on fast track to die. since he admitted guilt the appeals won't go on 20 goddamn years. in any case, death row in florida won't be too pleasant for him. it's bad. note--Carlie's mother still in jail, not at sentencing.
Carlie Brucia murder trial
that's just the problem, it's never quick. texas and florida are sure things however. i can tell you florida death row is nasty and miserable. i don't care how long they stay there. i have been waiting for years for that bastard danny rolling to die. i waited for bundy too, and was there that day.