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Smith that was missing. Seconds count, minutes count, so we were doing everything we possibly could to find her. Maybe katrinas hiding. Maybe she doesnt want to be found. Its been horrible. She said shed be back later, and thats the last we heard of her. You cant even believe youre going to a park or wooded area to search for your sisters body, potentially. Its like, you want to find her, but you dont want to find her either. Katrina smith reported that someone was talking her. There was a teenager who had some sort of an unhealthy infatuation if her. Katrinas boss comes into the bureau and says, something bizarre happened in this parking lot. Bizarre barely covers it. Some guy throwing fliers out of the car containing outrageous accusations against katrina. Where does that fit in . We knocked on every door, went through every backyard looking for evidence. What do you find . It was like something sprinkling bread crumbs. Why are you putting them in odd places they would likely be found . Is someone playing cat and mouse . Is katrina herself leaving the clues . Nobody knows, but everybodys terrified. Its an otherwise ordinary friday in october of 2012. A missing person call comes in. Sheriffs communications. Can i help you . Yes. My wife is house sitting for somebody who is out of town, and we havent been able to reach her you havent been able to reach your wife . Right. Whats your wifes name . Katrina. How unusual is it to get this kind of call . Its common to have missing person cases come in. I guess the reason im concerned is her work called me and said that she didnt show up, so, not really something she would do. Even though missing person cases are common, the families involved are pretty traumatized, i would imagine. The families are always very traumatized when a family member, a loved one goes missing. My phone rang and it was todd. He said, hey, have you talked to katrina . I said, no, why . And he said, well, she didnt show up for work today. And immediately my stomach sank because thats not my sister. My daughter miryanda called me and said, katrinas missing. I was hysterical. I thought, oh, my god, she hat do you mean shes missing . Katrina was my second child, first daughter. She was just a happy girl. She really was. You know, katrina was eight years older than me. You know, i always wanted to just grow up and be like her. Katrina liked to take care of people. She just always went out of her way to put other people first. I know katrina nalevac smith from Machesney Park high school. She was a student of mine her senior year in the year 2000. We did the yearbook together. She was my senior editor. Katrina, i thought, was really smart. She was very well driven. She was very mature for her age. Katrina has vanished from the very place she spent most of her life, Machesney Park. Its a town thats part of the z Larger Community of rockford, illinois. Rockford is located about 100 miles from chicago. About 20 miles south of the wisconsin border. Its a big small town. Definitely more of a bluecollar community. A lot of manufacturing, a lot of people working hard to just make a better life for themselves. Right away, you notice that manufacturing history when you come to this town. You can see so many industrial plants as you stroll along the river downtown. To locals, thats what rockford is known for. But to outsiders, this place is usually known for something else. When a lot of people first hear about rockford, illinois, they think of the rockford peaches. Its the first womens baseball league. Of course, a league of their own was based on our own rockford peaches. Are you crying . No. Theres no crying theres no crying in baseball even though tom hanks and the rest of the cast didnt film a league of their own in rockford, the field where the peaches actually played is being restored as part of a tourism push for rockfords future. But outside that ballpark, other parts of the area have more immediate problems. Its a very highcrime area. For cities that have less than 200,000 people, the city of rockford always ranks in the top three for most violent cities in the entire country. So, with that in mind, what questions come to mind when you meet a guy whos reporting his wife missing . The response is, why is this person missing and why are you calling the police . You obviously think something really bad is happening. Lets have somebody start looking into this and start contacting family members and friends. As detectives begin their investigation into this missing persons case, they wonder, well, what could have been happening in katrinas life that would cause her to simply disappear . So, the first person they wish to speak with is the man who filed that missing persons report, her husband todd smith. One night nine years earlier, todd smith was working as a deejay, and he met katrina who had been out having fun with some of her friends. They hit it off immediately. He just fit in with our family pretty quickly. I thought he was a great guy. You know, he was a cool dude that i enjoyed hanging out with. Todd was quite a bit older than katrina, 15 years, and had three daughters from a previous marriage. But it didnt seem to matter. Him and the girls moved in, and that was it. She had builtin family. When i met katrina, i immediately liked her. She played with me. She remembered details about things that i liked. She was really fun. She was an extremely good step mom to todds daughters. The girls really adored katrina. She brought a lot of light into our family, and i think that he liked having a whole family unit versus being a single dad. She, you know, was a second mom to them and would go to their soccer games or cheerleading events. And i know she she loved the girls very much. They got engaged and then married. Their wedding video is full of warm moments. I love you. You are my best friend. Today, i give myself to you in marriage. I obviously remember the wedding and how excited she was on her wedding day. I know she was crazy about him, you know . So now you may kiss your bride. There was never a doubt katrina was happily married to todd, and they were always doing stuff together, working together every day at home, you know, running a family business. I dont think katrina ever really told me why she, you know, stopped working with todd and went and got a job. She worked at Camryn Industries in belvidere, and she was in the Human Resources department there. She was a good employee, never missed work. But for some reason, right about the time that she disappeared, katrina was actually looking for another job. Katrina called me saturday, october 20th. She said, i have a Job Interview wednesday. She said, im coming over wednesday night to talk to you about some things. And then wednesday never came. What did she want to talk about . Turns out others in the family were getting hints too that something was up. I do remember around that time katrina had told me, like, hey, can you watch the dog for us . Like, we really need this vacation right now. Like, we really need to get away. I feel like katrina was trying to tell me something. I got a voicemail, she was crying, and she said, you know, hey, im all right, but i just need to talk. And now katrina is missing, vanished into thin air. Soon, secrets are about to be revealed, and the familys going to learn there was plenty they didnt know about her. Im freaking out, driving home fast. I was sobbing like the whole way home, just instantly panicking that somethings wrong. Especially after something turns up. And so, what did you discover . 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Smith has been missing since monday night when she told her husband she was going to run errands. It was truly like a nightmare, because every day youre waking up and realizing, like, this has actually happened. I still kind of felt like maybe she was at a friends house or just had a stressful day and just needed some time to herself. Maybe katrinas hiding. Maybe she doesnt want to be found. We didnt know what the situation truly was. Our Winnebago County Sheriffs Department was investigating a missing persons case. And there wasnt a lot of information. Police are not revealing all they know, but they are finding clues, including one huge discovery just hours after todds missing persons call katrinas abandoned car. So, were on obispo, where katrinas car was found. And the cars literally on the embankment here. The road really cuts down at a hard angle and the vehicle was pulled off the side of the road. And it looked out of place. We had the car towed down to our Police Department so that the crime scene could go through the car with a finetooth comb, get any and all evidence we can out of this car. And so, what did you find inside the car . Later, once we got into the vehicle and were able to look into it, we found this letter that was in the car, and it ended up being a love letter from todd to katrina. That note reads in part, to the love of my life, i love you and cherish you katrina, love, todd. And it suggests that the last thing thats in here is a message of love and devotion from her husband. Thats right, yeah. When we found katrinas car on the side of the road, it really changed our mindset in that now were generally concerned about her welfare and where is she at . Is she alive . Is she dead . Is she injured . Is she being held captive . We dont know, but now things have gone up a little bit. Todd smith told me he had no marital issues with his wife, katrina. They had a normal relationship as a husband and wife. That they had their normal amount of arguments but nothing big. In fact, detectives say that todd told them that the night before katrina disappeared, the couple was actually discussing adopting children. So, with this, todd is certainly making it seem this marriage was as good as it gets. As the police analyze the car for clues while also looking for other possible leads about katrina, her family and the Community Spring into action. I went everywhere passing out katrinas missing photos. Putting them up in gas stations and stores and factories and laundromats and telephone poles, and you name it, i put it up there. All the publicity leads to total strangers helping the family to search. Well be here every day from the morning till night and were going to continue to do that until until shes found. It was pretty surreal. There was easily 200, 300 people there. Its a large park, and it goes back pretty far, so they wanted to look for any kind of evidence. Judy lasala and vicki lehrke were like a lot of people in rockford. They didnt want to just sid idly by. This is the way you went, right . Yep, we had to search up the hill, there, cover all the fields back there. There was a lot of pictures all over rockford of a Katrina Smith that was missing. My heart was just broke for her, you know . How could she just show up missing like this and nobody knows where shes at . I dont know why i just felt like i needed to help find her. You cant give up hope. You just got to keep thinking were going to find her. I think a lot of people could relate to katrina because shes this young woman who could be anyones wife or sister, mother, friend, and, you know, everyone wanted to come out and do what they could to try to find her. They were there to try to find katrina. It wasnt like they were paid to go up there or, you know, they were forced. They all came there on their own. We wanted to solve the mystery. Yeah. The family of missing 30yearold Katrina Smith not giving up in the search to find her. You cant even believe that youre going to a park or a wooded area to, like, search for your sisters body, potentially. And its like we wanted to find her so that we could find her and bring her home, but you dont want to find her either. And yet at the same time, everyones hearts went out to todd. He became the face of the tragedy and the search. When i saw todd, you know, we embraced each other and we cried and it was hard, you know, because his wife was missing. Todd was my family, so i was hurt for him. So, todd reported his wife missing. He seems heartbroken. If you look at him, youre like, oh, this poor guy. Its been horrible. So, i was the first reporter to interview todd, and i really felt like this was a big step for him, that he was going to take a second to do something that was really hard for him to try to find his missing wife. I just want her to come home. Im seeing him crying, and i felt really bad for him that he was going through this horrible thing, and that something had happened to his wife, and i just my heart was, like, breaking for him. The community started rallying around him. It gave a lot of pressure on us, as the Sheriffs Department, to find her and get the answers. With a case where somebody may be either being held captive, is maybe gravely injured and left laying somewhere, seconds count. Minutes count, and so we were doing everything we possibly could to try to find her. But as that investigation continues, the police, as well as everyone out searching for katrina, are about to be stunned by what is uncovered. The phone was essentially dropped into the bush right here. Clues that turn this case from a missing person to something more sinister. This is pretty dense woods. You found a purse in here. We find her purse in the woods. Its making things look really bad. Somedays, i cover up because of my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Now i feel free to bare my skin, thanks to skyrizi. uplifting music nothing is everything im celebrating my clearer skin. My way. With skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. In another study, most people had 90 clearer skin, even at 5 years. And skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. Serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. Thanks to clearer skin with skyrizi this is my moment. Theres nothing on my skin and that means everything nothing is everything nows the time. 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Todd and other family members plead on local news for the safe return of katrina. I want to thank everybody for all your efforts for coming out tonight. Todd on the news, he was begging people to help find her. He was really hurting, you know, and really concerned about where katrina was. When we were going on the searches, he originally didnt want to go on tv. He was worried people would judge him for wanting attention. Somebody convinced him that it might help. I was feeling a lot of compassion for this man who really was missing his wife, his whole world was flipped upside down. We were getting leads from everywhere. We were getting calls. We were provided with names of possible suspects. Early in the investigation, detectives learn that katrina had filed a Police Report about a disturbing incident in her neighborhood. Katrina smith had reported that someone was stalking her. We thought, here we go. This is probably the guy that has her, wherever shes at. He was somebody from her church group that had been looking into her bedroom window. He was a teenager who had lived in katrinas neighborhood who had some sort of a unhealthy infatuation with her. She was worried about this infatuation. This young man who was attending college at a University Near Winnebago County at the time of her disappearance. That person is our number one suspect. Katrinas alleged stalker had left town for college. As detectives try to track him down, they intensify their search for katrina in the area where they had found her car abandoned. Theres no reason for a car to be here. No. Theres no reason. And it just looked very out of place. When the searches were underway you create search teams to go into these woods . Thats correct, yeah. We searched every square inch for a very long distance. We also had the help of the community that showed up and helped in these very large scale searches. Theyre expanding the search, its gone from this park to a 20mile radius around it. And that search pays off with a key discovery. This is pretty dense woods. You found a purse in here. We find her purse in the woods, in the brush. Its making things look really bad at this point. Also found near the car, some paper towels that someone had thrown out. We found some towels that had what looked like blood on them. The towels looked as though they were used to clean something. We were able to determine that the car had actually been wiped down clean on the inside. And we found dna, katrinas dna on the paper towels. But was any dna found inside the car . There was some dna found inside the car. The things that we were finding clearly led us to believe that something bad had happened. The mystery of katrinas disappearance deepens when another vital clue is found her cell phone. So this is where you found the cell phone. The phone was essentially dropped into the bush right here. It was down at the bottom of this thing. We dont know how these pieces got there. They were being found and collected as evidence. Like breadcrumbs along a route. Like somebody sprinkling breadcrumbs, like a trail. Once you look at where everything was found, you could see where it looked like one person or two persons had everything in their hands. They were throwing it there as they were walking along. Were as detectives trying to figure this out. Bloody towels. Looked like somebody cleaned something up. Youve got a cell phone that was discarded over here. Why are you throwing them in these odd places where they can likely be found . Any time we have a case that we feel may be involved with somebody that has been kidnapped, being held for ransom, homicide, the whole department in general goes 110 towards that until we find this person. Remember, police have a suspect, that teenager who katrina suspected of stalking her. Detectives are able to track him down at a university in illinois and immediately drive there to speak with him. I personally interviewed that person, and he did confirm the things that he was being accused of in the past with Katrina Smith. We were able to verify his location during the time of Katrina Smith disappearing. He was at school at that time. We confirmed the login information of when he was at the school, and that completely eliminated him from being a suspect in this investigation. We were confident, after followup that this individual was excluded from having anything to do with the death of Katrina Smith. He was nowhere near town, clear alibi. We were able to dismiss him as being involved in this in any way shape or form. With the Illinois College student in the clear, detectives are stumped, until they are able to examine the contents of katrinas cell phone. Katrinas cell phone reveals a treasure trove of Text Messages between her and a male coworker. 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It was a moment that we all looked at ourselves like, are you kidding me . Shes having an affair with a guy . It was kind of a bombshell moment. There was a number of texts from him where he was like, just tell todd you want to divorce. Just tell him. Katrinas secret affair was hidden from almost everybody. On the outside, it appeared katrina and todd had a loving, happy marriage. Katrina loved todd, and they had a solid marriage. They had, like, a great relationship. Katrina was happy. I mean, she was the happiest ive ever seen. Happier with him than shes ever been with anybody. And when detectives dig deeper, they find out guy gabriel had a serious brush with the law in the past. He was living in a temporary residence on a campground, which they also considered suspicious. Detectives discover that in 1989, gabriel was charged with a felony aggravated battery during a bar fight. Gabriel pleaded not guilty and was eventually acquitted of that charge. We started focusing on guy at this point because hes got an arrest in the past. Mr. Gabriel knew exactly where she was on the night that katrina went missing. Guy gabriel became a suspect because he had a relationship with katrina. Detectives also learn about a bizarre incident involving katrina and guy gabriel. It took place exactly two weeks before she disappeared. Some of katrinas coworkers are sitting outside when they see an unknown car driving deliberately through the Office Parking lot. The day that everybody was hanging outside the door here, as they come outside and get air, this black volkswagen comes pulling into the lot quickly. The person driving the car throws this handful of flyers out the sunroof of the car and then speeds off. What a bizarre incident. It was completely bizarre. The person driving the car was masked and gloved, driving a car with no plates on it, just a black car. Some of these flyers actually drop at the feet of the coworkers, who naturally pick them up to read it. And there was a reference to apparently katrina, but the name shortened to kat. There was the name guy, and right in the middle was a profanity. Some rather vulgar comments, lets say. Those flyers detailed the affair between katrina and guy gabriel, with katrinas name deliberately misspelled. Somebody is out there to cause problems at her job. Whoever it was wanted everybody at her work to know that she was having an affair, having a relationship with guy gabriel. On top of that disturbing incident, katrina also had the feeling that someone was using her cell phone to track her movements, so she went to the cell phone dealer for help. Katrina had gone to the store with concerns that she was being followed, being tracked. She thought someone was tracking her so she brought the cellphone to the store. She requested time off to go over to u. S. Cellular, to see whether or not her phone had been compromised. The cell phone rep said katrina seemed fine the first couple of times she visited the store, but on that last visit, something was clearly wrong. That day was different. When she came in, she was worried. She was afraid. She like, her whole demeanor was not what it had been before. She was way more fidgety. She was moving her phone a lot, keys between her hands, messing with her fingers. Katrina was scared. I believe she feared for her life at that point. Katrina texted her stepfather about how to get a foid card and be able to obtain a gun. Katrina wanted to get a gun for protection. With his previous arrest for battery and katrinas fear that someone was tracking her movements, Police Believe its more and more likely that guy gabriel may have had something to do with her disappearance. You got a female that is missing, you got somebody who is dating her, and then we find this information about a prior arrest. Theres no question that we have our guy. We grabbed guy gabriel, brought him into the Police Department, we felt we had it. We thought we were going to find katrina. We thought we were going to get information of where katrina was. But when gabriel sits down to talk to police, he has an astonishing story to tell one that will take the investigation into a shocking new direction. We come to find out that katrina was leaving todd. She was leaving this marriage and that she was done. It was the day that she went missing. My name is gary. Pastell. Jozi. I have ms. I have ms. [all together] ms is what we have. I take ocrevus. An infusion treatment thats two times a year. Female vo a prescription for adults with relapsing or primary progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, ocrevus is proven effective in reducing relapses in rms, and slowing disability progression in rms and ppms. 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We asked for a timeline of everything, where he has been from the time that katrina went missing up to now. So now hes a potential suspect. But hes cooperating with you. He was completely cooperative with us. He told us everything we wanted to know. He let us in his house. He let us search everything. He provided an alibi as to where he was, and actually it was confirmed he was not there. He was not anywhere close to katrina. So you have to dismiss him as a suspect because he has an ironclad alibi. We were able to easily disclude him from being involved in her disappearance. But talking with guy gabriel is invaluable to investigators anyway. He drops a bombshell bit of information according to detectives. He claims katrina told him her marriage to todd was ending. She was about to leave him and had already moved out of the house. He even tells detectives that he saved Text Messages she sent him about all of this. So, these are texts that katrina sent to guy. Guy shares them with you. The text reads, i already told him before i wanted a divorce. Appointment with attorney next monday. Numerous times ive said, i have nothing to give. This is painting a very different picture than what you would have imagined. What is this telling you . As detectives, its pretty clear that katrina wants out of her relationship, her marriage with todd, and that shes revealing her true feelings to this person. I had heard about guy gabriel was someone that katrina was confiding in that she worked with. During the initial investigation and talking with todd about his marriage with his now missing wife, he tells us that everythings fine. He says shes simply house sitting for a friend, and thats it. The fact that you caught him in a lie, what did that tell you . We have to start wondering, why is todd not being straight with us . Remember that card from todd . That was in katrinas car when it was found on the side of the road . Well, now detectives say they have to look at it in a whole new light. Instead of a simple love letter, could katrina have really seen it as a threat . He says, i am scared to death that you are going to Start Talking to someone who will take advantage of the situation and that feelings will develop to confuse the situation more. When guy gabriel told us what katrina had told him, it opened up the book of, okay, guy is being honest with us. And we have to maybe shift back towards somebody else being involved in this. And some fascinating detective work leads them here, to what used to be a used car dealership. Now, investigators are still trying to figure out who threw out those fliers about katrinas affair. The surveillance cameras showed a black vw with no license plates. Does that mean it came from a car dealership . Thats why cops scour every car lot in town to find just one match here, so they come for a chat with the owner. And he goes, yeah, i know todd smith. He was in here not too long ago looking for a car. Ears perked up. Wait, what . He goes, i think it was that volkswagen out there, that black volkswagen. We were able to verify on the same day, october 9th of 2012, todd smith actually testdrove a black Volkswagen Passat with a sunroof. And he goes, anybody that test drives a car, we make a photocopy of their drivers license. And theres a stack, theres a lot of them. A stack, im going through it, and i get to the bottom. Theres a photocopy of todd smith who had taken a car for a test drive. We were not able to see and verify that that was todd other than it fits the description of him. He had a dark hooded sweatshirt. He was covered. It appeared that he might have been wearing a wig. When questioned by a detective, todd denied throwing those fliers. And of course, even if Police Suspected he was behind the incident, that would only make him a jealous husband. Its not proof he had anything to do with katrinas disappearance. And the fact is, even some of katrinas family and closest friends didnt know she wanted to end the marriage. Finding out that she had moved out i didnt know that she had moved out. She was kind of keeping it close to her heart and not letting everybody know that there was a problem at home. But thats not all they didnt know. Katrinas family thought todd was running a prosperous business. Turns out, maybe not. Todd had some financial issues. Todd was telling people that he had all of this money and that he was so successful, but in truth, katrina was the breadwinner. Todd was being investigated by the fbi. Hes involved in a wire fraud case that the federal government is investigating. Investigators now have plenty of reasons to look more closely at todd. And they say the more they dig, the more they find out he is not what he appears to be at all. It was just a nonstop barrage of information that were uncovering. 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Desperate for answers and help, the emotionally distraught father of three took to the local airwaves in rockford, illinois. Its been horrible. I felt like, when i was interviewing todd that he was putting on a show more than he was answering questions to find his wife. I didnt see a single tear. She said, ill be back later, and thats the last we heard of her. Katrina was todds second wife, 15 years younger. She had embraced the role of stepmother to his three daughters, and the blended family were living a seemingly pictureperfect life. We didnt know what the situation truly was. Our Winnebago County Sheriffs Department was investigating a missing persons case, and there wasnt a lot of information at the start of that. Friends and family are worried. They organize searches in this desperate attempt to find her. Well be here every day from the morning tonight and well continue to do that until shes found. The groups that are out searching, theyre finding little things. 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Being so dark, i couldnt see what it was, so i got a flashlight out. I shined my light on it, which only illuminated a small, maybe four or six inch circle. Its a brief encounter, and even though he couldnt make out what it was, his gut tells him something wasnt right. The next time i was able to go out on the water, i came out. It was daytime, middle of the day, and i was going fishing again, but i knew i had to stop and check that first, just to either confirm or see that it was trash. And you remembered exactly where it was. Yes. Yeah. How close were you when you started to see recognizable details . Probably within 20 yards. What registered with you . Just you could see the clothing and the torso. I knew that it was a body and there was no need to go any closer. I called the Sheriffs Department and waited for them to come there. It would have literally been right here. Right over to the side of the boat. Ufh. Its just awful to think about it. I was in the detective bureau, and my boss came out and said, they found a body. Go down there. See if its her. The medical examiner was able to compare the dental records and was able to verify and confirm that it was Katrina Smith. My first reaction was just utter sorrow. Like, you cant believe it. But there was also this tiny bit of relief that it was over, that we, like, found her, because a lot of people never find their loved ones. There was some sense of relief in a way that, like, they found her. But obviously, its the news you absolutely dont want to hear. And it wasust awful knowing that this is the reality, like, shes gone. The autopsy revealed that Katrina Smith died as a result of Blunt Force Trauma to her head. She had been struck many, many times by a very hard object right on top of her head. It was tremendous damage. It changes everything at this moment. This investigation just went from being a missing person to murder. Todd smith tells investigators his marriage is solid, but that coworker she was having an affair with shared texts messages with investigators that suggests the relationship between todd and katrina is anything but solid. It was over. He shows you a message that says, i have an appointment with my attorney next monday. Katrina did have an appointment with a divorce attorney. We found out this wasnt just talk, she was making actions to get divorced. And a failing marriage wasnt the only secret todd smith was hiding. The other sort of facade, if you will, is that everyone thinks that todd is a successful investment professional, but you start digging into that, too. There couldnt be anything further from the truth about todd being a successful businessman. Joseph pedersen is a former assistant federal prosecutor for the Northern District of illinois. I first became familiar with the name todd smith when i was assigned a case regarding investment fraud of a, uh, individual who was soliciting individuals through his Insurance Business to invest with a Company Called electus asset holdings. The fbi has been investigating todd smith for his alleged role in running a ponzi scheme. Hes got a partner. His partners already been arrested. Todd is being looked at as a suspect. And hes having these meetings with people that we found out he was calling, like, chicken dinners, where he would have people come, and he would pitch the sales pitch to them, and they would invest money with him. Todd smiths role was recruiting the investors, and he would get a commission for the investors who invested. According to authorities, there was just one problem. The documents that he was presenting to the investors were fraudulent because they stated that their money was 100 guaranteed that they could get all of it back. One of the individuals in this case was a couple who were in their 80s. They invested over 500,000, and they lost all of it. And that was their life savings. For Winnebago County detectives investigating katrinas murder, todds background raises some troubling questions. And slowly, as investigators continue to dig, that carefully crafted image todd smith built begins to crumble. This was a situation where, for a lot of people, no one really knew who this man was. In fact, todd smith wasnt even todd smith. This is a hot flash. This is a hot flash. But this is a not flash. I got a good feeling theres big news for women going through menopause. Veozah a prescription treatment for moderate to severe Vasomotor Symptoms the medical name for hot flashes and night sweats. With hormonefree veozah, you can have fewer hot flashes, and more not flashes. Veozah is proven to reduce the number and severity of hot flashes, day and night. For some women, it can start working in as early as one week. 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He used to have a different name. He was a raprager. That was his last name. Todd raprager grew up in Machesney Park, illinois, where he lived with his mother, stepfather, and three younger halfsiblings. The first time i met todd was at our lockers our freshman year at harlem high school. Our lockers were next to each other all through high school. Todd was short, very thin, kind of quiet. A goodlooking kid. I thought he was cute. He was in band. I believe he was on the Football Team our freshman year. He seemed like a really nice kid. That thin, quiet, goodlooking kid was friendly and polite, but he rarely spoke of his life outside of harlem high school. Todd seemed like there was maybe something going on in his home life. That home life became the subject of intense scrutiny when todd was just 17 years old. In march of 1985, todd was involved in an incident wherein he had an argument with his family and went for a walk. But before he left on the walk, he unplugged the natural gas line to the home. While he was out walking, the home exploded and burned. In interviewing the owner, he said that he and his wife were awakened by an explosion. The ceiling was falling in on him. He got his wife out of the house along with his youngest child out of the house, but they couldnt find todd raprager. According to the reports, she was outside screaming for him. Thinking that he was trapped in there. Ultimately, an interrogation of todd resulted in todd confessing to the fact that he had been the one that disconnected the gas line with intent that there was going to be a fire. He just wanted to scare his mother, because they had not been getting along for an extended period of time. There had been an ongoing conflict between him and his mother. Todd waived his right to a jury trial, and he entered a plea of guilty to the arson. He got 30 months probation and 160 hours of community service. Looking back at it, youd have to say he was a troubled boy. Probably needed some help, some professional help somewhere along the line. Todd moved away shortly after the fire that destroyed his familys home, and three years later, he with his legal troubles behind him, he found love, teresa. When i met todd, he was working fulltime at a local factory. Teresa asked that we not reveal her last name. I was 21 and he was 20, so we were both very young. We met at a party just with friends and we hit it off. He seemed very kind and fun to be with. Seemed like a genuinely nice person. We were married in jamaica in 1992. We decided to go that route because of his family situation. That same year, todd legally changed his name to smith, his biologocal fathers last name. His troubled pastwas in the rearview mirror. Ed to seemed to embrace his role as husband and father. What was he like as a father . He was very excited to be a father. He was very loving, very attentive, very protective. My dad was fun to be around. He was funny. Hes a good listener. Whenever youre having a problem or youre upset about something, he noticed, and he would listen fully and offer comfort and advice. Like, all the things that a normal dad would do. The early years were good. We were happy. You said it was the happiest time of your life. It was. While the family appeared to be living a perfect life behind behind closed doors, teresa says the reality was that after nearly a decade of marriage, the financial struggles were taking a toll. What did he claim to be doing employmentwise . And what was he actually doing . I dont know what he was actually doing. He was involved in the financial world, in insurance. And was he making money, bringing home money . Not on a consistent level. Like, there was money coming in, but there wasnt anything that could be counted on. She says with mounting debt, they were forced to sell their house and move the family into her parents home. 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I get the sense that in every way, todd walked around like he was the perfect husband, perfect father. I think that image was everything to him, and he fooled people into believing that he was successful and that he was providing and that we were the perfect family. You were the breadwinner of the family. Yes. And you were raising the kids. Yes. And you were paying for his life. Yes. When theresa was forced to sell her home and move her family into parents house, well, she had reached her breaking point. Teresa and her three girls were living here in this loves park neighborhood at her parents house. Todd had officially moved out. But on october 6th, 2001, theresa says something happened that would haunt her for more than two decades. Theresa says she hasnt spoken publicly about it until now. We had been separated for a few months, and i had gone out for the evening. Came back home, pulled into the driveway, and i was carrying my keys, my purse, and a capri sun. Ill never forget that. And went around the corner, and i was punched in the face. Full force. Knocked me off balance. And he was wearing a halloween mask. Do you remember what the mask looked like . Yes, it was a werewolf. And he started beat me up. So youve fallen to the ground at this point . I was off balance, and he he started punching me. And then how did you get away . I had gotten myself on my knees, and he went behind and he put his hands on my chin and my back of my head. And he was i know he was going to break my neck. And i just remember thinking that my mom was going to come out in the morning and find me dead in the yard. And when that thought went through my head, i just, like, burst up. Liie i had an adrenaline rush or something, and i just, like, stood up really fast and it knocked him backwards. And then i ran. She called me that night to tell me that she was attacked outside the house. And i had to calm her down to understand that she was okay. I mean, she survived somebody trying to kill her. She reports it to the police. And who does she say that she thinks this person is . She says its her husband, todd smith. How can you be sure it was him . I mean, i was married to him. I could see his eyes. I could see his body. I mean, it was him. Todd told police he had been home at the time of the attack. And teresa says when she confronted him days later, he denied being responsible. Fingernail scrapings taken from teresa at the scene were compared to fibers on a jacket belonging to todd, but the results were inconclusive. Teresa also had blood under one of her fingernails. And detectives wanted to test it for dna and compare it to todd, but police say todd refused to cooperate. And with no probable cause for a search warrant to obtain his dna sample, they closed the case. Teresa says she was relieved at the decision. Increase i was keeping it a secret. I didnt want people to find out because i didnt want my kids to be ashamed. So, i just thought it was my secret, my cross to bear. I would have gone to my grave with the secret. And when she shared with you some of the dark parts of what had happened to her, how did you react . Well, first of all i could tell at least i felt and believed that she was telling me the truth. She married her second husband jason in 2013. It was obvious to me that she did what she did for the girls, and that she put what happened to her aside in order to protect the girls and not put that on them. For detectives doing a deep dive on todd smith in 2012, the attack on teresa was a stunning discovery that only added to the suspicions surrounding todd. Lots and lots of red flags. The investigation was heating up. And when police canvass the neighborhoods surrounding the area where katrinas abandoned car was found, they catch a break. Surveillance footage of an unidentified man walking in the rain less than a mile from todds house. 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He walks all the way down right to the dead end and then disappears into the brush back here. Right. So, whats on the other side of this fence . You could cut right through this field right here theyve cleared all the land, theres a road that runs through here but you can see, you could walk from this point to todds house in about 10 minutes, maybe. It fit the description, or at least the physical description of todd smith. But the image in the Surveillance Video is too grainy, and the subjects too far away to make a positive i. D. Wheen while, police are pursuing other leads. They execute a search warrant at todds house, where a forensic examination of his laptop revealed that he was using gps tracking software. Katrina smith may have been being tracked by todd smith with a tracking device. The search warrant also leads to another crucial piece of evidence. One of the items that was found was a baseball bat that was leaning in the corner of the garage. The crime scene investigator noticed something on the bat. Well, that something ended up testing positive for blood. We then submitted that to dna testing, and we had several matches to Katrina Smiths profile. We had it on the barrel of the bat. We had it on another area of the bat. When todd found out that the bat was no longer in his garage and had been taken as evidence by Law Enforcement officers, he became very upset and nervous. But once katrinas body had been discovered, detectives take it to another level. We would often find reasons for todd to come down to the Police Station to talk to him fill him in on some things. So this is Interview Room number seven. This is the last room that i talked to todd personally in. Detective Vince Lindberg and i sat right here. Todd was sitting in this chair here. This is when we started making the accusations that he was involved in his wifes murder. Todd immediately said, where you going with this . I i dont know what you talking about. He got upset. Detective lindberg is explaining to him, we have all of this evidence. It all points towards you, you know. Your wife has been murdered and you did it. He stands up, the chair goes against the wall because hes angry. He points at the ceiling where the cameras right there in the corner and he starts screaming, i want my [ bleep ] attorney, i want my [ bleep ] attorney. And he walked out of here and every conversation after that was involving his attorney. On wednesday november 21st, 2012, 12 days after Katrina Smiths body was found in the rock river, Winnebago County sheriffs arrested todd smith. Hes charged with four counts of firstdegree murder and one count of concealing a homicide. Todd pleads not guilty to all charges. When we got the phone call, and they said, hey, we got him. Like, we just arrested todd. And it was so surreal. I mean, its like the moment were waiting for, for him to know that he wasnt just going to get away with this. I think as soon as he was arrested for katrinas murder, the community flipped. I think the Community Felt a sense of betrayal there. To come even though Police Believe they arrested the person responsible for katrins death, todd smiths case was not a slam dunk. We had a lot of evidence, nothing relating directly to todd. That baseball bat, which they allege to be the murder weapon, is found to have no traces of todds dna on it. When youve got somebody that youre looking at and youve got all of this stuff that points to a certain person, you still in the back of your mind youre like, i wish we had the the smoking gun. We didnt have that yet. This case, even though it was strong, it was charged on circumstantial evidence, and cases like that are very hard to prove in court. I truly believe based on the evidence that todd thought this was a crime he was going to get away with. Defense attorneys also file a motion to disqualify that evidence that todd had gps tracking software on his computer, saying there was no proof that he was tracking katrina. That was our impetus to go in a second time to analyze that computer. In 2016, before we went to trial on this case, we conducted a second search on it. There was new technology, new software. I was able to find the logs and recover the logs from a gps device that had been deleted. I will never forget the day in my office when i was sitting at my desk and detective juanez stuck his head out the office and goes, john, you got to get in here. Come in here right now. I found the tracking software. It got turned on at her car. We believe that when todd dumped the body that he thought he had turned off the tracking device when he detached it from her vehicle. And he had not. It was actually still on. Police say the gps data provided a road map for todds movements, tracking him from the car, along the path where he purse and cellphone and the bloody paper towels were found, and then in front of that home where the Surveillance Video of the man walking by was recorded. And this tracker takes him right to the front door of todd smiths house. The tracking device did not lie, its computer data. So his jealous tracking essentially exposed himself. Absolutely. This was the smoking gun we were looking for. Prosecutors now think they have a rock solid case against todd smith. But it turns out his Defense Attorneys also have an ace up their sleeve. They say they now have Evidence Police have arrested the wrong man. [ am pm by notd begins ] how good does it feel when threshold decor welcomes more seasonal style for less . When you can save on good gather groceries in all the fall flavors. And when Quality Ingredients bring more to the table. When you get low prices on the latest trends. 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It was a huge deal just in the rockford area, and everybody was following the case. What was your mindset going into trial . Did you think you had a good case . Absolutely. I think a prosecutor has to be confident in the integrity of the investigation and of the strategy that we had put together. In the opening statements, the prosecution explained that they were going to show that todd was guilty through the evidence, and it was evidence that todd had left behind. Till death do us part, a vow Katrina Smith spoke when she married the defendant, and that vow would prove to be a deadly vow for Katrina Smith. The reason i believe that that was her epitaph is because she was not going to reconcile with the marriage, and she was moving forward with her life. He was not going to have that. And he literally took the words till death to us part seriously. The prosecution takes jurors through their main evidence, including that aluminum baseball bat they allege to be the murder weapon. Another key piece of evidence, all that information in todds computer that pointed to his use of a tracking device to follow his wife. I think one of the stronger pieces of evidence was the tracker was taken off of katrinas car, and it continued to send pings or gps markings which coincided with the path of evidence from the car back to todd smiths house. Prosecutors also call a parade of witnesses, including katrinas coworker guy gabriel, who testifies under oath that katrina was desperate to leave todd. Just encouraging her to be open and honest, um, to let people know how she felt at home, how she felt about their relationship, um, her desires to get out. Guy gabriel was an important witness because the night that katrina disappeared, she had texted him that she had told todd the marriage was over. In its opening statements, the defense had its own message to send to the jury. And that was rush to judgment. Youve got the wrong guy. This is a case that is completely built on a Shaky Foundation of rumors and speculation. Throughout this entire case, you could see that the police narrowed in on todd smith. They didnt really look at other suspects. They really focused exclusively on him. And in a dramatic move, defense lawyers point the finger at guy gabriel as a possible suspect. They drop a bombshell in court, revealing that just a month before the trial, gabriel as arrested and charged with aggravated domestic battery. According to the Police Report, gabriels wife said after an argument he knocked her to the ground, and slammed her head into the pavement at least three times. His wife admitted they had physical domestics in the past. The first thing i noticed was she had a large knot on her forehead. Um, her face was really red and it looked like she had been crying. We wanted the jury to know that the person that she suddenly became involved with on a very personal level was also somebody who was violent. Guy gabriel admitted guilt to the charge, but the states attorney has an irrefutable rebuttal. Guy gabriel was at work when this was happening to katrina. They showed the jury actual Video Evidence Surveillance Footage of him going into his place of employment. All of the evidence regarding katrinas disappearance and her murder, it all led to todd smith. It did not lead to guy gabriel. It did not lead to anyone else but todd smith. The one part of the trial that i will never forget was marilyn hiteross, the prosecutors Closing Arguments. It was so emotional, so raw. What is she doing . Shes trying to cover her head. And at that time hes pounding, hes pounding, hes pounding. You didnt just pick up the bat. You swung the bat in the courtroom. I needed to do that. I needed them to visualize how he would have swung the bat when he was murdering his wife. How did the courtroom, the jury, the family react to that . I know my colleague was shocked. He was like, you had the bat, and you were swinging it. I wanted to show the emotion. It was dramatics. I thought it was a little over the top and theatrical and kind of distracting from the actual evidence in the case. The whole purpose of the Closing Argument had to do with i didnt think that they had proven the case beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury has now sat through two weeks of testimony, listening to 40 different witnesses. Now this case is in their lap. Will that jury find Todd Christopher smith guilty of the murder of his wife . We were a nervous wreck, sitting there waiting for them to announce the verdict. Those are the people who know to choose allstate. Thats not gonna fit. Whats that . You need another four inches . Do you work here . Nope, i just saw you there and i thought id save you the trouble. Nana shes a human measuring tape. And she knows allstate is the right fit for her. Its not gonna fit. Thats not gonna fit. What . Steven . Some people just know. 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The trial of accused killer todd smith comes to a close. Only a few hours after Closing Arguments, jurors reach a decision. It is a time where i would definitely say youre sitting on pins and needles when youre waiting on a verdict. The courtroom is filled with anxious family members and people from the community as the jury foreman delivers the longawaited verdict. We the jury find the defendant todd smith guilty of firstdegree murder. I remember i was sitting next to todd smith, and he slumped back in his chair and didnt react beyond that. It was just the biggest relief imaginable, because youre just so scared. What if something goes wrong and they have a different verdict . The verdict comes in. What was your reaction . Thank god. We got justice for her and her family. Mmhmm. And he does not go unpunished for taking this young life. Sentencing day has arrived, and loved ones of the victim have their opportunity to stand up and Say Something about the person that they are grieving. It all hurt so much, todd, and all you had to do was walk away and let katrina live the life she deserved. But out of greed and jealousy and rage, you chose to take her precious life. He never looked at me. He kept his head down the whole time, and he smirked. Just smirked. Ill never forget the smirk on his face. When it was todds turn to speak, he continues to maintain his innocence. It was a blessing to know katrina, to know the beauty in her soul, her smile and her heart. Although i am not guilty of the acts the state portrayed, i harbor no ill will toward anyone. Todd said that he harbored no ill will against the state. Did it matter to you at all whether or not he thought badly of your case . Well, lets just say that i care about the opinion of the people, because we represent the people. And so todds opinion about the state Means Nothing to me. He received 55 years in the department of corrections for firstdegree murder, and todd smith was sentenced to an additional four years for the concealment of a homicidal death. Extremely happy with the sentencing because he definitely doesnt deserve to see the light of a day ever again. Todd was indicted for his alleged role defrauding investigators as part of a ponzi scheme. Before he could enter a plea, the government decided to dismiss those charges. To this day, hes housed in a state penitentiary in the state of illinois. I talked to him on the phone, and i asked him to tell me what happened. I said, okay, you can either tell me the truth, or i wont be talking to you anymore, because i cant do this. And hes like, im sorry, i cant tell you anything. And so i hung up the phone. And i havent talked to him since. While justice may have been done, the Collateral Damage from the case lingers to this very day. Todds first wife teresa says she still wonders if katrinas murder could have been prevented. This whole entire process, i have felt numb and just heartbroken for everyone, for katrina and her family and my children. Its shattered a lot of lives. So much devastation, and theres really no complete healing that can happen. Jason, what goes through your heart . Just, her pain is my pain. And it just you know, it hurts to see her in pain. I dont want people to remember katrina just by how she died and what happened to her. I want people to remember who she was as a person and how she lived her life and how full of life she was. I just want people to remember that she was kind and giving and loving, and just do the same. You know . Be like her. We should note tonight that todd smith filed an appeal to overturn his murder conviction but it was denied. He continues to maintain his innocence. The earliest hell be eligible for parole is 2069 which is essentially a life sentencele he would be 102 years old. Thats our program for tonight. Thank you for watching. Im debra roberts. Im david muir. From all of husus here at 20 2 and abc news, good night. Two americans held hostage by hamas are released. The pleas coming tonight from desperate parents hoping their loved ones will also be set free. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. Hamas released two american hostages today. A mother and daughter from the chicago area. Judith and Natalie Raanan are dual us and Israeli Citizens and were visiting relatives. They were handed over to Israeli Forces and taken to a military base to be reunited with their family. Theyre now under the care