Mary Louise Smith

Death by Force

Mary Louise Smith was a 39-year-old white woman from Choctaw County, Oklahoma, whose ordinary life in a rural community collided with the path of a man already known for extraordinary violence. In January 1994, her life ended by force, turning what had been another quiet winter in southeastern Oklahoma into a grim chapter in the story of a serial offender whose crimes would later span multiple states. Public records describe her simply as a local resident, a woman rooted in that corner of Oklaho ...Read More