Only in the interest of completeness, here is a lengthy and somewhat repellent account of the career of Edgar Smith. It leaves no question that he is a child-murderer. It is a bit graphic.
http://www.crimemagazine.com/03/edgarsmith,0825.htm
James
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Here is the case that I was thinking of. The author was Krystian Bela.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6
As for Edgar Smith, according to Wikipedia he committed a second terrifying assault on a female victim and was again convicted. As you might expect, the parole board has it's doubts about him these days. No details as to his current literary plans.
James
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Anyone know if
Smith is writing under a pseudonym? He is a very good writer and it's hard to
believe he's somewhere delivering pizza if he could be churning out crime
stories.
he's publishing under the nom de plume of O.J. Simpson
John Lau
Vaya con Carné
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From: Patrick King <abrasax93@yahoo.com>
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Speaking of talented murderers, many years ago, I read a book called A
REASONABLE DOUBT, by a man named Edgar Smith. Smith murdered a 15-year-old girl
named Vickie Zielinski in Ramsey, NJ around 1957. The book almost mirrors this
crime and it is chilling. His novel brought him to the attention of Conservative
pundit, William F. Buckley, who actually helped get him released from Death Row.
Smith wrote several non-fiction books about Death Row and what he had to do to
get a new trial. I believe there's little doubt that Smith did, in fact, murder
Vickie Zielinski, but he played the system in such a way that he is a free man
today. Never wrote another novel under his own name as far as I know, however. A
REASONABLE DOUBT is an extremely disturbing if you can find it. Anyone know if
Smith is writing under a pseudonym? He is a very good writer and it's hard to
believe he's somewhere delivering pizza if he could be churning out crime
stories.
Patrick King
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