After 28 years behind bars, smith walked out of prison and has moved to queens, new york. A year earlier, he had lured derrick robie into the woods and struck him on the. Derrick was 4 years and 10 months old.
27 years after the murder and having been denied parole at least 10 times, the now 41 year old killer is getting a second chance. Nearly a week after derrick robie's barbaric death, the authorities arrested eric smith for his murder in august 1993, states cbs news. Eric smith was 13 years old when he killed derrick robie in august 1993, but he was tried as an adult and sentenced to nine years to life in prison.
The incident occurred as smith was on his way to a.