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Principal Suspect: The True Story of Dr. Jay Smith and the Main Line Murders, Updated and Expanded: The True Story of Dr. Jay Smith and the Main Line Murders Family

Duration
12H 20min
Language
English
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Category

Non-fiction

Joseph Wambaugh's Echoes in the Darkness and its subsequent TV dramatization have made household words of both Susan Reinert, the murder victim, and Dr. Jay Smith, a high school principal and her accused killer. The naked body of Susan Reinert, a suburban, Philadelphia school teacher was found jammed into the hatchback of a car. Her two young children were missing and never found.

Thus began one of the most prominent murder cases Pennsylvania history, and one that would grip the nation. Now the defense attorney for the main suspect of the murders—Jay Smith, the principal of the school where Reinert taught—takes you inside the cover-ups and corruption that dramatically affected the outcome of the case. Did Jay Smith do it? Did he deserved the death penalty? It is you who must decide.

Contains mature themes.

© 2021 Tantor Media (Audiobook): 9781666103984

Release date

Audiobook: March 16, 2021

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