A football player, a killing and the elusive search for justice
WEBSep 7, 2023 · Isi Etute, then a Virginia Tech football player, was lured to Jerry Smith's apartment under false pretenses. By the time Etute left three minutes later, Smith was dying. The ensuing trial...
Gay/Trans 'Panic' Defense Leads to Accused Killer's Acquittal
WEBMay 31, 2022 · A jury Friday found former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute, 19, not guilty of second-degree murder in the beating death of Jerry Paul Smith, The Roanoke Times reports. The trial took...
Ex-Virginia Tech football player acquitted of murder in ... - Fox News
WEBJun 1, 2022 · Former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute was acquitted of a second degree murder charge in the 2021 deadly beating of 40-year-old Jerry Smith, who allegedly posed as a woman in his...
Tinder connection led to man's murder by Virginia Tech football ... - WSET
WEBSep 23, 2021 · Etute is charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of 40-year-old Jerry Smith of Blacksburg back in May.
Former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute ... - CBS News
WEBMay 28, 2022 · Former player Isimemen Etute, 19, was found not guilty of a charge of second-degree murder in the 2021 death of Jerry Smith, 40, of Blacksburg. The jury deliberated for approximately three...
Ex-Virginia Tech Linebacker Testifies in Fatal Beating Trial
WEBMay 26, 2022 · The 19-year-old Etute is charged with second-degree murder in the 2021 fatal beating of 40-year-old Jerry Smith. Prosecutors have told the jury that Etute fatally beat Smith when he discovered...
Virginia Tech former linebacker Isi Etute found not guilty of murder
WEBMay 27, 2022 · Former Virginia Tech linebacker Isi Etute was found not guilty of second-degree murder Friday in the 2021 death of Jerry Smith, an openly gay man who had presented himself on Tinder as a woman.
Court hearing reveals new details in case of suspended Virginia …
WEBJun 9, 2021 · MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. – New details came out in court on Wednesday in the case of a suspended Virginia Tech football player accused of murdering a Blacksburg man. On June 1, Isimemen Etute was...
Prosecutors wrap up case against ex-Virginia Tech linebacker
WEBMay 26, 2022 · Isimemen Etute, 19, is charged with second-degree murder in the 2021 fatal beating of Jerry Smith, 40, of Blacksburg. Prosecutors told the jury that Etute, then 18, became enraged and fatally...
Trial continues for former Virginia Tech football player accused for ...
WEBMay 27, 2022 · Etute, 19, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jerry Smith, 40, on May 31, 2021. As 10 News has reported, Smith had been presenting as a woman named “Angie Renee” on Tinder,...
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