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Larry Gene Bell (October 30, 1949 [ 1] – October 4, 1996) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer in Lexington County, South Carolina, who was executed by electrocution for the murders of Sharon Faye "Shari" Smith and Debra May Helmick. Bell forced Smith to write a "Last Will and Testament" before he murdered her and taunted her ...
Apr 5, 2020 · The FBI created a criminal profile for who Sheri’s killer might be: a white male, somewhere in his 20’s and even 30’s, probably divorced and someone who had a history of sex crimes. Shari’s killer calls the Smith family yet again, after the discovery of her body. But this time, the killer doesn’t want to talk about Shari Smith.
Jan 20, 2023 · Two weeks after Shari Smith’s body was found, Larry Gene Bell abducted and murdered another young girl — and continued to traumatize the Smith family. On the afternoon of June 14, 1985, in Wagener, South Carolina, 9-year-old Debra May Helmick and her younger brother were playing in the area beneath the front window of their trailer.
Jul 19, 2021 · In the summer of 1985, 17 year old Shari Faye Smith and 9 year old Debra May Helmick were kidnapped and murdered in neighboring South Carolina counties. Their killer taunted police and the Smith Family for weeks. In the end, a piece of evidence Shari Smith left behind, led police to her killer.
Jan 4, 2017 · The I, Witness episode documenting Shari Smiths murder case is called “The Smith Sisters.” Shari’s sister, Dawn Smith, will give riveting details about what her family went through when her ...
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Jan 26, 2022 · Soon, he was in South Carolina investigating Smith’s murder and the related fatal kidnapping of Debra May Helmick. The blonde 9-year-old was grabbed from outside her home on June 14, 1985. The abductor’s sophisticated and cruel schemes tested all of Douglas’s skills, but the profiler turned those tactics against the killer, even enlisting ...
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Dec 27, 2020 · They returned verdicts of guilty on both charges of kidnapping and first degree murder in the case of Shari Smith. Bell was sentenced to death. He was tried separately, in 1987, for the kidnapping and murder of Debra Helmick. The jury in that trial came back with the same verdict: guilty on both counts.
