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Ian Smith

Case from Albuquerque, NM dated Jun 17, 1982

Victim Details

Ian Smith

Male

White / Caucasian

Albuquerque

NM

1982-06-17

44

Ian

Smith

07/24/2026

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On a summer day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the life of a 44-year-old Caucasian male taxi driver named Ian Smith was tragically cut short. The date was June 17, 1982, and what began as a routine day on the job spiraled into a fatal encounter that would later be linked to an escaped serial killer.

Smith became the fourth known victim of Thomas Wayne Crump, a man who had recently broken out of the Penitentiary of New Mexico where he was serving a life sentence for other murders. Following h ...
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    Hey everyone, I wanted to discuss something related to the tragic murder of Ian Smith by Thomas Wayn... ...Read More
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