After deliberating for less than two hours, an Anchorage jury convicted Brian Smith on all counts, finding him guilty of murdering Kathleen Jo Henry in 2019 and Veronica Abouchuk in 2018.
Margaret F Lestenkof hugs her sister Rena Sapp after Brian Steven Smith was convicted of first and second-degree murder in their sister Veronica Abouchuk’s death, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at the Nesbett courthouse in Anchorage. Smith was convicted on 14 total counts, including first-degree murder, sexual abuse, misconduct with a corpse and tampering with evidence for Kathleen Jo Henry’s 2019 death and Veronica Abouchuk’s 2018 death.
“My sister Veronica and Kathleen — it’s their day today,” Abouchuk’s sister Rena Sapp said, pointing skyward, after the jury delivered its verdict. Sapp and other family members attended each day of the three-week-long trial. After additional deliberation, the jury also found that Smith “subjected Henry to substantial physical torture,” an aggravator finding that carries a mandatory 99-year sentence on the murder charge related to her death.
There was so much damning evidence against Smith that some questioned how the case even got to trial at all, instead of being resolved by a plea agreement.
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