Earlier in the morning on aug. Smith lured derrick robie into the woods and struck him on the head with a rock in the new york village of savona. Derrick was 4 years and 10 months old.
Smith (born january 22, 1980). The parents of derrick robie, who was murdered in 1993 at the age of four, have spoken out following the release of their son’s killer from prison after 28 years. He was supposed to walk from his house in savona, new york, to his summer.
2, 1993, investigators discovered robie’s body and quickly determined the young boy had been strangled and beaten to death, according to cbs.