Carlie Brucia Slaying Trial To Start
We all remember the story of Carlie Brucia…
Like everyone else who saw it replayed over and over on TV around the world, residents of this city shuddered when they saw the video images of a man taking 11-year-old Carlie Brucia by the arm in the back of a car wash nearly 21 months ago.
Together they hoped and prayed for a happy ending as authorities launched a massive search for the little girl, and together they mourned when she was found dead on the grounds of a nearby church four nights later.
Now Sarasota’s deepest wound will be torn open again when jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Joseph P. Smith, the man accused of kidnapping, raping and strangling the sixth grader on Super Bowl Sunday last year.
Let’s hope they throw the book (and a few bricks) at this guy.
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