'Walmart monster' convicted sex predator kidnaps, assaults 8-yr-old girl from popular superstore

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The same Florida jury that quickly decided Donald Smith was guilty of kidnapping, murdering and raping 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle must now decide if the convicted predator will get the death penalty for his crimes. Nancy Grace looks at the case against Smith with guests including victims' advocate Marc Klaas, crime scene investigator Sheryl McCollum, child welfare law expert Ashley Willcott, syndicated radio host David Mack, and forensics expert Karen Smith.

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0:00.0	Music
0:07.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph Channel 132.
0:14.0	In the last hours, a veteran medical examiner breaks down in tears, crying on the stand.
0:26.0	As graphic autopsy photos of a little girl, cherished Perry Winkle, are shown in court.
0:36.0	And it could all have been stopped.
0:40.0	I'm Nancy Grace, this is Crime Stories.
0:42.0	Thank you for being with us.
0:44.0	An eight-year-old Florida girl is kidnapped, sex molested, and murdered out of a Walmart Superstore.
0:55.0	Her mom bearing the guilt of letting it happen according to her detractors.
1:03.0	But when you hear the whole story, it's not anyone's fault except the perpetrator, 61-year-old Donald Smith.
1:16.0	Joining me, syndicated talk show host David Mack, Ashley Wilcott, veteran child advocate.
1:23.0	Mark Class, renowned victims advocate, and Cheryl McCullum, director of the Cole Case Institute.
1:30.0	Joining me also, forensics expert Karen Smith.
1:35.0	I want to go first out to Cheryl McCullum.
1:39.0	Cheryl, this case, I remember when it happened.
1:43.0	The mother is in like, I think it was a family dollar or a general dollar.
1:49.0	And she's trying to buy her little girls some school clothes.
1:54.0	And they're going through it saying, okay, we can't afford this.
1:57.0	We cannot afford that.
1:58.0	I, as a Davote of the Dollar Tree, I know what she's talking about.
2:05.0	So you're in there and you're looking for the best deal of what she could afford to buy her children.
2:10.0	A guy comes up and says, hey, I'm about to go meet my wife over at Walmart.
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