MURDERED: Shari Smith & Debra Helmick
When 17-year-old Shari Smith is abducted from her driveway in broad daylight, it seems like her family’s nightmare can’t get any worse. But when her abductor starts calling them relentlessly, investigators hope that his recklessness will lead to his downfall… that is, until a second girl goes missing in an eerily similar manner.
John Douglas book When a Killer Calls
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Episode Source Material
- The FBI Files: Cat and Mouse (Season 2, Episode 2). Accessed via YouTube.
- Forensic Files: Last Will (Season 7, Episode 42). Accessed May 18, 2022 via YouTube.
- When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town, by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker (Print Edition)
- The Herald (Rock Hill, SC): Crews Search for Teen, by Associated Press
- The State (Columbia, SC): Bell jury sees more evidence, by Margaret N. O’Shea
- The Greenville News (Greenville, SC): Officers seeking suspects in rash of abductions, by Associated Press
- The Greenville News (Greenville, SC): Autopsy report not conclusive on teen’s death, by Associated Press
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