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Ira Jean Smith, a 38-year-old Black woman, was found murdered on March 7, 1985, in a motel room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her body was discovered wrapped in a blanket and hidden in a closet. Smith was known to be a sex worker, and her death initially went unsolved.

In 1991, Donald Leroy Evans, a white male serial killer, was arrested in Louisiana for the kidnapping and murder of a 10-year-old girl. Following his arrest, Evans confessed to numerous other murders, including that of Ira J ...Read More
Victim Details

Ira Jean Smith

Female

Black / African American

Fort Lauderdale

FL

1985-03-07

38

Ira

Jean Smith

11/30/2025