UPDATE:
Jacquelyn Smith’s husband and step-daughter have been arrested for the killing which they initially blamed on a homeless person:
Breaking: Family members accused of staging Jacquelyn Smith's murder, says mayor. Her husband said she was killed while giving a panhandler money https://t.co/yOtsB7omrR
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 3, 2019
"They were responsible for taking Jacquelyn's life with unconscionable cruelty and contrived to do so in our city under the guise of random violence, exploiting the legitimate fears of our residents," mayor says in statement. Story will be updated https://t.co/yOtsB7omrR
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 3, 2019
"They were responsible for taking Jacquelyn's life with unconscionable cruelty and contrived to do so in our city under the guise of random violence, exploiting the legitimate fears of our residents," mayor says in statement. Story will be updated https://t.co/yOtsB7omrR
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 3, 2019
Husband was arrested near US-Mexico border today, officials say
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 3, 2019
The husband & stepdaughter of the woman killed in an East Baltimore stabbing in December — after her husband said she gave money out of their car window to a panhandler — were arrested for her death while trying to flee the country, police said: https://t.co/yOtsB7omrR
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 3, 2019
Original post:
Good Samaritan Jacquelyn Smith was stabbed and killed earlier this week by a man apparently working as part of “team of panhandlers” after stopping help a woman holding a sign that said, “help me feed my baby.”
This is one of the most heartbreaking stories I’ve ever heard: Baltimore police are hunting for an apparent team of panhandlers who preyed on the good nature of Jacquelyn Smith and stabbed her to death for a few dollars. https://t.co/4m29Z5AtPJ
— Homa Bash (@HomaBashWEWS) December 5, 2018
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According to Smith’s husband, she rolled down her window to give some money to the woman and that’s when the man struck:
54 y/o Jacquelyn Smith was murdered in East #Baltimore this wknd after she rolled down her window to give some money to a woman trying to feed her baby. Smith’s husband Keith tells @WMAR2News – his wife just wanted to help and in a second, she was stabbed in the chest. pic.twitter.com/UcyEZSWz0c
— Brian Kuebler (@BrianKuebler_) December 3, 2018
What an awful, awful story:
As Keith Smith talked about his wife, Jacquelyn Smith, he rattled off a list of characteristics he fell in love with: She was a career woman, a good mother, a church-goer and, most of all, a giving person. https://t.co/BN4WgEu7XY
— WTNH News 8 (@WTNH) December 5, 2018
Television personality Oprah Winfrey was so shaken by the news that she tweeted that she “will think twice before ever” giving money to homeless people again:
This story struck my heart. I’ve done this a 1k times. But will think twice before ever doing again. To J.S. family I hope her death gets people “woke” to change! https://t.co/ZbFqkLsdF9
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) December 4, 2018
Here’s the corner where the murder occurred:
Stabbing of Jacquelyn Smith now natl news. Husband says it was on this corner in East Baltimore when his wife wanted to help a woman & was stabbed by a man w/her.
For the unfamiliar, not a busy downtown corner but lightly traveled street rimmed by elem school & vacant lot pic.twitter.com/t6zNMIpVzn— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) December 5, 2018
A public memorial service will be held tonight at the Helping Hands Ministry at 6 p.m.:
Services for Jacquelyn Smith — electrical engineer, mother, and Good Samaritan — will be held at Helping Hands Ministry.
Her husband Keith is a minister there.
https://t.co/i9ghBUFmtn— Linh Bui WJZ (@LinhBuiWJZ) December 5, 2018
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