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Edgar Smith
Edgar Smith (born 1934) is an American convicted murderer, who was once on Death Row for the 1957 murder of fifteen-year-old honor student and cheerleader Victoria Ann Zielinski. Vigorously contesting his conviction through the courts and in the media, Smith became a celebrity, and his case was argued in public most notably by William F. Buckley, Jr. Smith eventually succeeded in winning a retrial and negotiating a reduced sentence. Smith was released only to be incarcerated for a second time for the kidnapping and attempted murder of Lefteriya Ozbun in 1976.
==Crime==
In March 1957, 15-year old Victoria Ann Zielinski of Ramsey, New Jersey, disappeared on her way home from a friend's house.〔(Ramsey girl's killer up for parole ), retrieved on October 14, 2008〕 One of the girl's shoes, a black penny loafer, was discovered the following morning on the roadside by her parents, who had been driving around an approximate two mile radius from where their daughter had last been seen, searching for her. They also noticed a blood-matted head scarf in the vicinity. While Mr. Zielinski, the girl's father, continued searching on foot, Mrs. Zielinski contacted the police. Mr. Zielinski, after observing a pair of gloves lying in the dirt of a sand pit located a few hundred yards from where the shoe was found, returned to his wife and together they waited for the police. The police arrived a short time later and along with the Mahwah Police Department's Captain Ed Wickham, the search resumed, and Vickie’s body was discovered on the banks of the nearby sand pit. Her skull had been smashed by repeated blows with one or more large rocks.
Edgar Smith was at the time an unemployed mechanic. On the night of the murder, Smith borrowed a friend's car, and his later activities aroused suspicion, including Smith excusing himself from meeting the same friend in a bar early in the evening, and having to remove his trousers, claiming he had been sick on them.〔 When the murder was reported the following day on the radio, two of Smith's friends joked with him as the murderer's car was reported to be the same make as the one Smith had driven the previous evening. One of the friends later remarked that Smith had "a startled look on his face".〔 A few days later drops of blood were found on the seats of the car, and Smith was brought in for questioning by the police.
During questioning, Smith repeatedly could not account for a half hour gap during the night of the murder. He was also unable to account for his missing clothing, which the police later located and which were identified by Smith's wife. Faced with this evidence, Smith reportedly blurted out that Vickie had hit him in the face. He informed the police that he had picked Vickie up in his car, then attempted to grab her when she left, her attempt to leave having angered him.〔 Smith was arrested for the murder, and faced three psychiatric examinations before his trial.
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