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Robert E. Smith (Bob), 79, of York Springs, entered into God’s eternal rest on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at Gettysburg Hospital. He was born March 30, 1943, the son of

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>> well, he said that -- he said that she was overbearing, and that he had got to the point where he had wanted to move on with his life, and he had met someone else and stuff like that. >> did he tell you the name of that someone else? >> somebody -- some student named ana, alana, something like that. >> but it was what the inmate told prosecutors about the times of the murder that they found particularly chilling. smith testified that nathan told him he planned the murder specifically for vale...

Jail. he said nathan told him he researched ways to kill denise on his laptop. >> did he talk about how he was planning to kill his wife denise? >> well, first he told me that he was thinking about some poisoning, with some type of incident or potassium. something like that. >> according to the inmate, nathan said he ran a lot of errands on the day of the murder to create an alibi and -- >> he told me he had presented some gifts, some valentines day gifts and stuff to his wife, and so that every...

Witness who claimed that nathan had confessed the whole crime to him? the defense argued david smith was a jailhouse snitch, a convicted felon who had gotten a deal for his testimony. he was not even worth cross-examining. >> do you really believe that david smith is the type of person that nathan is going to confide in? and then seek counsel from? >> but according to the defense, the main weakness with the states case was motive, an affair with aina. toner argued there was absolutely no evidenc...

Been nathan the neighbor saw that day because police found a black hooded sweatshirt on his bedroom floor. whats more, an expert testified it had gun shot residue on the right cuff. >> nathan said that he had been at the gun range. is that feasible that if he was -- >> no. >> shooting off his gun at the gun range. >> whats important about that, too, he said that it was in oklahoma two weeks prior. there is no way there would have been gun shot residue on that sweatshirt still. >> on the stand, a...

>> well, he said that -- he said that she was overbearing and that he had got to the point where he had wanted to move on with his life and he had met someone else and stuff like that. >> did he tell you the name of that someone else? >> somebody, some student named ana or lana, something like that. >> reporter: but it was what the inmate told prosecutors about the timing of the murder that they found particularly chilling. smith testified that nathan told him he planned the murder specifically ...

Must have been nathan the neighbor saw that day, because police found a black hooded sweatshirt on his bedroom floor. whats more, an expert testified it had gunshot residue on the right cuff. >> nathan said that he had been at the gun range. is that feasible, that if he was a -- >> no. >> reporter: shooting off his gun, that there would be residue? >> whats important about that, too, is he said that it was in oklahoma, two weeks prior. theres no way there wouldve been gunshot residue on that swe...

Were looking at a travel time of 7 minutes and 55 seconds. in all, it added up to 9 minutes and 10 seconds of driving. that would have left him just under six minutes to ransack the house and shoot denise. his lawyer, hugh toner, said that would have been nearly impossible. >> the timing just really gets to the point where its almost not realistic. >> reporter: and what about the states witness who claimed that nathan had confessed the whole crime to him? the defense argued david smith was a jai...

Fellow inmate of nathans at the county jail. he said nathan told him he researched ways to kill denise on his laptop. >> did he talk about how he was planning to kill his wife denise? >> well, at first he told me that he was thinking about some poisoning with some type of insulin or potassium, something like that. >> reporter: according to the inmate, nathan said he ran a lot of errands on the day of the murder to create an alibi. and -- >> he told me he had presented some gifts, some valentines...