Charles F Smith

Death by Force

On July 7, 1987, Charles F. Smith, an 18-year-old African American male, was found strangled to death in Virginia. His body was discovered nude and abandoned along a remote roadside, marking the first in a series of similar homicides that would later be attributed to a suspected serial killer operating in the Hampton Roads region. Smith's murder bore hallmarks that would become disturbingly familiar: the victim was a young Black man, the cause of death was strangulation, and the body was left in ...Read More