Home Invasion
July 5, 2011: Briles killing trial date set
BRADENTON — A judge set a trial date one year from now for serial rape and murder suspect Delmer Smith III in the killing of Kathleen Briles.
Home Invasion
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HOME INVASION
Delmer Smith pleads not guilty to murder
BRADENTON Accused killer Delmer Smith III, a man suspected in as many as 11 brutal attacks on women in Sarasota and Manatee counties, is pleading not guilty to bludgeoning a woman to death with a sewing machine in her Terra Ceia home, according to prosecutors who received a waiver of arraignment...
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LOCAL NEWS
PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Delmer Smith to girlfriend: I didn't kill Briles (with audio)
On the day Manatee authorities charged Delmer Smith III with murder in the death of Kathleen Briles, he called his new girlfriend from jail and lied to her about his arrest.
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HOME INVASION
Trial date set for Smith in home invasion case
SARASOTA She came to see Delmer Smith III in court Wednesday. His DNA, Sarasota detectives say, was found in her home last year during the processing of the scene after a brutal home invasion attack.
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HOME INVASION
Home invasion suspect's possible ties to Manatee to be reviewed
MANATEE Sarasota officials believe four of their cases against accused home invasion and rape suspect Delmer Smith III are solid because of his DNA found at crime scenes. Now prosecutors and law enforcement will be meeting on whether cases can be made in other similar attacks Smith may have...
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HOME INVASION
Rape victim: Backlog putting lives at risk
Kellie Greene can identify with any victims of Delmer Smith III, because their paths might never have crossed with the ex-convict if his DNA had been entered into a national database immediately after federal prison officials collected it in March 2008.
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HOME INVASION
DNA backlog revelation sparks inquiries
MANATEE The revelation that federal authorities had the DNA of home invasion and rape suspect Delmer Smith III, but hadn’t logged it in FBI databases drew calls for action Wednesday from local politicians and law enforcement.








