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Sheriff: Boyfriend murders girlfriend with a claw hammer and a knife


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David Craig Smith, carged with murder
David Craig Smith, carged with murder
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Updated: 1/01 8:21 pm Published: 1/01 7:09 pm
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Investigators in Baxter County believe a woman was beaten to death by her boyfriend with a claw hammer and a knife.

The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office says 45-year-old Lisa Kay Smith was found unconscious and bleeding in her Salesville home Monday night. Smith was taken to Baxter Regional and then to Mercy Hospital in Springfiled, MO, where she later died.

David Craig Smith, 53, was arrested a short time after the woman was found. The sheriff’s office says he was found hiding in the yard of a neighbor’s home. David and Lisa lived together and are believed to be in a relationship. He is charged with capitol murder with aggravating, cruel, and unusual circumstances.

Smith’s body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab to determine the exact cause and manner of death.
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TheLastHuman - 1/22/2013 6:59 PM
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Clearly we need to ban hammers, particularly those with menacing claws and limit the number of times others can be swung.

ArkansasYankee - 1/2/2013 8:59 PM
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Piers Morgan. LOL He's a joke. Wants to get rid of our guns. He's British. Like a lot of Southerners, he's probably still mad about a war that happened a long, long time ago. If Americans didn't have guns back then, they would not have sent the British packing; yeah, that's his problem - upset we are not a British Colony. He said he was going to "deport himself" if we didn't change our gun laws. See ya around Morgan! Good one trapper!

trapper - 1/2/2013 4:43 PM
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Someone check with Piers Morgan to see how many hammer murders they had in Brittan

me501 - 1/2/2013 3:05 PM
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Nope not me yankee but I do agree...An eye for an eye.

ArkansasYankee - 1/2/2013 2:06 PM
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Beesknees; it wasn't so much as a joke as it was a stab at the anti gun nuts. ( I reckon if they can call me a gun nut because I believe in the Bill of Rights, and own a few firearms; then I can call them nuts also. )I can see where it may have been construed as a joke. Still, I sent prayers up for the family. jlp2011: I don't have a problem with capital punishment. I do get a kick out of those against it that support abortion though! LOL Anyway, an eye for an eye is Old Testament; Jesus changed that when He walked the earth. Just sayin'. Me? I'm fine with public executions; I think it would cut down on crime. Sad that we can murder children in the womb for a woman's rights; but we can't execute anyone in AR at the present time. Jokes? Get used to them on here. Meth billy's and ghetto thugs are the two favorite targets of many on here.

Butch54 - 1/2/2013 12:56 PM
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Yea I know. The problems I really like the one that said it. I can understand their point though. Comments about other offenders. Really can't say as I blame theone.

TheBeesKnees - 1/2/2013 12:40 PM
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Looks like you may have spoke too soon Butch. :)

jlp2011 - 1/2/2013 11:26 AM
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Gun control….. Ha! You can’t control stupid! My opinion (and everybody has one) we should have tougher penalties for crimes. Jail time should NOT be easy on people! They should not have the privileges that they do have. They are there because they chose to commit a crime. TRUE punishment should be implemented!! And as far as murder…. If you take a life, you should pay with your life! Eye for an eye…. Maybe people would think a little harder before they do wrong…. Just saying…

itsjustme - 1/2/2013 10:50 AM
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The government wants to ban assault rifles and large magazines for guns. Do they now want to ban hammers over 32 oz. and nail guns? Some nail guns hold over 100 nails. Gun control will fix the problems, thats the governments thinking. Idiots.

Butch54 - 1/2/2013 9:58 AM
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Hammer jokes are not to bad. Then sometimes laughter is the only way to keep from crying. I'd just like to think the group from holding back on the hillbilly meth head kind of stuff. Thank you for that.
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