Florida Dept. of Corrections Joseph Smith, who was awaiting resentencing for kidnapping Carlie Brucia, 11, in Sarasota County in 2004, died in prison Monday. Joseph Smith, who was on Florida's death row for killing Carlie Brucia in Sarasota, died on Monday. The State Attorney General's Office says a man who was convicted of abducting, raping and killing an 11-year-old Florida girl as she walked home in 2004 has died in prison. The cause of Joseph Smith's death on Monday was not immediately known. He was on Florida's death row for killing Carlie Brucia in Sarasota. Smith, 55, was captured on video surveillance leading the child by the wrist as she walked past a car wash in Sarasota.