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Case Description
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In the wooded expanse near the Tippah County-Alcorn County line in Mississippi, the life of 32-year-old off-duty State Trooper Kenneth Joshlin Smith was tragically cut short. On the night of September 30, 2018, Smith was with a group of friends in an area known as Hatchie Bottom. The gathering took a fatal turn after an encounter with a man named Troy Anthony Eaton.

Eaton, who was 43 at the time and from Rienzi, had arrived at the gathering and reportedly began acting erratically. Witness ...Read More
Victim Details

Kenneth Joshlin Smith

Male

White / Caucasian

Ripley

MS

2018-09-30

32

Kenneth

Joshlin Smith

12/10/2025