The NAMUS-45: Reachelle Smith

True Crime Bullsh**

Studio BOTH/AND

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When a young girl goes missing under mysterious circumstances, a man claiming to be her father quickly becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance. Lies, theft, strange behavior, and murky relationships coalesce with a suicide in a National Park and more questions than answers. A look into why this case ended up on Israel Keyes's computer highlights a suspicious trip, a weird time in his life, and a missing person's case Josh just can't shake.

Written and Researched by Shana Wilensky and Josh Hallmark.
Edited and Produced by Josh Hallmark.

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0:00.0	Season 7 of True Crime Bullshit is coming out later this year, and we're working on other
0:05.6	exciting true crime projects, and you can help support all of those by joining Patreon today
0:12.4	at patreon.com slash studio both and. On Patreon, you can get access to ad-free and early episodes,
0:20.7	our private Discord channel,
0:23.2	and bonus content like Thoughts and Feelings episodes, archival episodes, research roadtrip episodes,
0:30.0	and more, plus file access, Apple Music Playlists, the Discord community, quarterly Zoom happy
0:36.7	hours, and more.
0:38.1	So consider supporting our research and our investigation into keys and other crimes
0:42.9	by joining Patreon today at patreon.com slash studio both and.
0:49.5	And.
0:49.5	Thank you. This is a studio both and production. Rochelle Marie Smith was last seen on May 16th of 2006 in Mynott, North Dakota.
1:19.6	She was only three years old at the time of her disappearance.
1:22.6	She was approximately three feet and four inches tall and weighed about 40 pounds.
1:31.9	Rochelle is a Caucasian female with light brown hair and brown eyes.
1:34.4	She often went by the nickname Peanut.
1:41.6	Rochelle was born to her mother, Samantha Smith, and an unnamed biological father.
1:48.0	It's not known how involved her bio dad was in her life, but by 2006,
1:54.9	he was living in Colorado. Samantha was in her late teens when Rochelle was born,
2:02.1	and gave her older sister Stephanie custody of her newborn daughter. Despite all that, by all accounts,
2:06.0	Rochelle was a happy child while living with her Aunt Stephanie and mine aunt.
2:10.2	Her mother and aunts say she knew her ABCs, enjoyed puzzles,
2:12.8	and loved making her family laugh.
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