A man convicted of murdering his wife in their Littleton home's basement was sentenced to several decades in prison on Wednesday.
Scott Lee Smith II, 47, was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in the Department of Corrections in connection with the murder of his wife, Kanokwan “Nok” Smith, 46. At the time, the two were in the middle of a pending divorce and had a 10-year-old daughter.
The murder happened on Nov. 1, 2020. Around 7:14 p.m. that day, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from Smith, who claimed that he had shot his wife in self-defense in the basement of their Littleton home along W. Ottawa Avenue. He said his wife tried to kill him with a butcher knife. When the dispatcher asked where she was shot, the line disconnected, according to an arrest affidavit.
When they went in the basement, they saw Nok's body. A knife was later found under her right calf. A black handgun was about four or five feet away from her, according to the affidavit.Smith was released five days after the shooting due to lack of evidence. The sheriff's office also spoke with a friend of Nok, who came to her crying after she said Smith told their daughter about the divorce. Nok told her that Smith had made allegations about her moving large amounts of money. The friend told investigators she knew Nok sent money to her mother in Thailand periodically. Nok told her that she"feared for her life because Scott had a lot of guns," and worried that he may try to kill her and take her money, according to the affidavit.
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