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Murder Of Lori Smith
On May 4, 1976, at Cobb County, Georgia, U.S., eight-year-old Lori Ann Smith (September 26, 1967 – May 4, 1976) and a ten-year-old girl were both kidnapped by Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. (born December 29, 1953), who raped and sodomized the older victim. Presnell subsequently murdered Smith by drowning her in a stream when she tried to escape. Presnell was later convicted of Smith's murder and Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state), sentenced to death. Originally scheduled to be executed in 2022, Presnell's execution is currently on hold due to legal issues. Presnell is currently the longest-serving death row inmate in Georgia. Murder On May 4, 1976, in Cobb County, Georgia, two young girls were abducted by a man, who raped the older of the two while murdering the younger of the two by drowning. Prior to this incident, the kidnapper, 22-year-old Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., planned to kidnap a young girl. On April 23, 1976, Presnell abducted a ten-year-old girl while she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobb County, Georgia
Cobb County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and is a core county of the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north-central portion of the state. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. It is the state's third most populous county, after Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties. Its county seat is Marietta, Georgia, Marietta; its largest city is Mableton, Georgia, Mableton. Along with several adjoining counties, Cobb County was established on December 3, 1832, by the Georgia General Assembly from the large Cherokee County, Georgia, Cherokee County territory—land northwest of the Chattahoochee River which the state acquired from the Cherokee Nation and redistributed to settlers via lottery, following the passage of the federal Indian Removal Act. The county was named for Thomas W. Cobb, Thomas Willis Cobb, a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative and United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
