Police said on December 1, 2018, Keith and Valeria Smith stabbed Jacquelyn Smith — Keith’s wife — in Baltimore and claimed a panhandler did it. On December 1, 2018, she and her husband and stepdaughter had just left a family gathering and were driving in east Baltimore. On March 21, 2019, the two were extradited back to Baltimore to face charges, according to inmate records. She appeared to be struggling to hold back tears. I’m trying to be strong for him.” Valeria added toward the end of the piece, “It makes me look at this whole world different… Nothing is ever what it seems.” Baltimore police now say Smith and his daughter concocted the story.Keith Tyrone Smith, 52, was a native of Baltimore, according to hisHis daughter, Valeria Shavon Smith, 28, appears to have been known to law enforcement. I’m just worried about him. Her father has a violent criminal past that includes armed bank robberies. Keith said the man then grabbed Jacquelyn’s necklace while the woman grabbed Jacquelyn’s purse, and that the man stabbed Jacquelyn during the struggle.Keith Smith called 911 and drove his wife to the hospital, where she died from her injuries. I got to live with that every day.” His daughter, Valeria Shavon Smith, was standing next to him. I commend our homicide detectives for their expert and tireless work in bringing those truly responsible to justice in this very troubling and sad case.” The murder of Jacquelyn Smith made national headlines. He doesn’t sleep. Arrest warrant for Valeria Smith lists murder and conspiracy charges..names her as accessory after the fact in murder of Jacquelyn Smith by husband Keith Smith The charges against Keith and Valeria Smith include first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, assault in the first-degree, conspiracy to commit assault and having a dangerous weapon with intent to injure. Her brother, Marcel Trisvane of Havre de Grace, told the Jacquelyn’s mother, Anna Trisvane, described her to WPRI-TV. He hasn’t eaten. He referred to Jacquelyn as his “soul mate” and his “everything.” He lived in Aberdeen in Harford County, which is northeast of Baltimore.While speaking with reporters shortly after Jacquelyn’s death, Keith Smith explained the panhandler story and expressed shock over it. They originally told police that Jacquelyn had been stabbed by a panhandler on December 1, 2018. Keith Smith, 52, and his daughter, Valeria, 28, recently traveled to Texas, just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, where they were arrested and charged in Jacquelyn Smith’s death Dec. 1. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison revealed in a news conference on Sunday, March 3, that Keith Smith and his daughter Valeria had been arrested that day in Harlingen, Texas. They have waived extradition on nine charges related to … An online database with the Jacquelyn Smith was 54 when she died on December 1, 2018. Again, Baltimore police now say the panhandler story was a lie and that the evidence backs up that assertion.Keith Smith’s Facebook page is filled with pictures of him and Jacquelyn together. She was the mother of two adult sons.Jacquelyn worked at the Aberdeen Proving Ground an an electrical engineer. He did not specify how long Keith and Valeria are believed to have been in Texas.The mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh, released the following statement: “Like everyone in our city, state and across this nation, we mourned the senseless killing of Jacquelyn Smith. The last thing I thought was that they were gonna take my wife’s life. Now he is a widower. Keith Smith and his daughter, Valeria Smith, were arrested Sunday morning in Texas, not far from the Mexican border. Keith Smith, 52, and his daughter Valeria Shavon Smith, 28, are both facing first-degree murder charges for the stabbing death of Keith’s wife, Jacquelyn Smith. » Subscribe to NBC News: Keith and Jacquelyn Smith were celebrating his daughter's birthday at a VFW hall in West Baltimore Friday night.Providence native stabbed to death in Baltimore remembered by her family as smart, drivenAnna Trisvane last saw her daughter Jacquelyn Smith on Thanksgiving, when she surprised her family with a trip to Rhode Island. Keith Smith, 52, and his daughter Valeria Shavon Smith, 28, are both facing first-degree murder charges for the stabbing death of Keith’s wife, Jacquelyn Smith.

They are being held without bail, according to Commissioner Harrison explained that investigators had become aware that Keith Smith had been making plans to leave Baltimore and sent out national notifications. He said that Baltimore detectives had “pursued the evidence from the very beginning” which ultimately led them to believe that Jacquelyn Smith had been murdered by her husband and stepdaughter. To now learn that family members staged this brutal killing is beyond belief and represents a double tragedy,” Pugh said in a statement Sunday. But prosecutors said Smith and his daughter Valeria were responsible. And so now I gotta live with that. They appeared before a judge the following morning and were formally arraigned. Keith Smith, 52, and Valerie Smith, 28, were charged with first-degree murder, Harrison told reporters. Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. “She was really a family person… she was a good mother.” She added that Jacquelyn had always been very smart and loved poetry. The murder made national headlines and prompted a widespread search for the alleged attackers.

“They were responsible for taking Jacquelyn’s life with unconscionable cruelty and contrived to do so in our city under the guise of random violence, exploiting the legitimate fears of our residents.