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Georgia v. Smith was a court case held in 2007 resulting in the conviction of Joseph and Sonya Smith for child abuse and murder following the death of one of their sons, Josef Smith, from "acute and chronic" corporal punishment.
Feb 4, 2023 · Joseph and Sonya Smith were convicted of killing their 8-year-old son, Josef, in 2003 after beating him with a glue stick and locking him in a box. They are serving life sentences in Georgia prisons and are still members of the Remnant Fellowship Church.
Sep 30, 2021 · The couple was convicted of killing their 8-year-old son Josef in 2003, who died of blows to the head and suffocation. The case was linked to the controversial diet program and authoritarian practices of Remnant Fellowship Church, founded by Gwen Shamblin Lara.
Prosecutors said Joseph and Sonya Smith beat their son Josef, locked him in a wooden box and confined him to a closet for hours at a time before he died in October 2003. They could receive up...
Oct 5, 2021 · Joseph and Sonya Smith were convicted in metro Atlanta of beating their son so badly they killed him. Their Cobb County murder case is featured prominently on the “The Way Down,” a new HBO ...
Mar 28, 2007 · Joseph and Sonya Smith, members of the Remnant Fellowship Church, were convicted of killing their 8-year-old son Josef in 2003. The church, led by Gwen Shamblin, was investigated for its teachings on corporal punishment, but not linked to the crime.
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Nov 8, 2010 · A Cobb County jury found Sonya and Joseph Smith guilty in February 2007 of killing their son Josef. On the night of Oct. 8, 2003, police found the boy lying on the kitchen floor,...
