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Conviction May 31, 1985 Homicide

Shari Smith

Status Conviction
Type Homicide
Date May 31, 1985
Location Saluda County, South Carolina
Victim Age 17
Gender Female

Seventeen-year-old Shari Smith was abducted and killed in Saluda County, South Carolina. Larry Gene Bell kidnapped and killed Shari and later a nine-year-old girl, Debra May Helmick. Bell was convicted and executed in 1996. He taunted the Smith family with phone calls and letters.

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