Steven Smerk, 51, will face second-degree murder charges in Virginia.
A DNA breakthrough has helped solve a decades-old cold case in Virginia and led to second-degree murder charges being filed against a New York man, policeIn November 1994, 37-year-old Robin Lawrence was found stabbed to death inside her home in Springfield, Virginia. While investigating the case, crime scene Det.
For three years, detectives used the family tree"to try to put things together," Cory said, and ultimately, they were led to Steven Smerk, 51, of Niskayuna, New York. "Steven Smerk said 'I want to talk and I want to talk right now,'" Davis said. Smerk then went to the local police station and turned himself in. Detectives then had a"consensual conversation with him" where Smerk confessed to and fully described his"killing" and"robbing" of Lawrence.
Cory said that the crime was"a randomly selected act," with no connection between Smerk and Lawrence. Davis said there is"no relationship" between the two, and that Lawrence was targeted"seemingly randomly." Davis added that Smerk has"zero criminal history," and that this is the first time he has been arrested.
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