The faces of evil

From the Idaho Statesman:

One of the defendants is believed to have picked up Smith as he was hitchhiking in June. Here’s what prosecutors say happened after that, according to the three criminal complaints filed against the suspects:

Vandenberg, Reed and Rabey devised a plan to invite Smith to Vandenberg’s home, and then later to shoot firearms.

Their plan was for Vandenberg to shoot Smith. The trio loaded guns into a vehicle and rode with Smith to an unspecified location. Reed and Rabey watched as Vandenberg deliberately shot Smith at close range in the upper torso and face/head with a .45-caliber pistol.

Reed and Rabey also watched and/or helped Vandenberg remove Smith’s clothing. One or both helped Vandenberg drag the body to a nearby ditch, and then burned Smith’s clothes.

The group planned to commit other criminal acts in the future, including murder, the charging documents allege.

“There were discussions about other offenses. There’s no specific evidence to any other detailed [murder] plot,” Emery told the Statesman on Thursday.

Emery said one of the suspects had possession of Smith’s ID or driver’s license.

“We can’t find that there was any ill will between the deceased and the suspects,” Emery said. “There doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason as to the way this went down as it did.”

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Hollywood frequently gives you visual clues about the face of evil. Reality may not.

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2 thoughts on “The faces of evil

  1. joe:
    my guess is, you would find were you to poke into their pasts, that they didn’t have dads, and were mean to animals. as silly as it sounds, the latter thing is sorta common in violent criminals. (based on a lotta years being around them.)
    john

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