My Single Mom Life

He is the man accused of grabbing Carlie Bruscia outside a car wash February first of last year and kidnapping, raping and then strangling her.
The evidence is clearly against him from the video tape from the car wash surveillance camera, semen stains, a phone call he made to a family member after being arrested for a traffic or probation violation where he confessed what he had done and where to find her body.
His lawyer says none of the other leads or suspects were ever checked out.
Well um, when you get a call from a family member telling you where the body is and you go and it's there, and you take stain samples and they match the suspects DNA, why the flying fuck would you look at anybody else? Plus, add to just that little bit, there were many many phone calls from people who recognized Smith in the videotape as being an employee of an auto mechanic station or a neighbor. It wasn't just one person saying it was him, it was many.
I know it's the defense attorneys job but good lord, the evidence is all there.

Information taken from WWSB.com

Day one in the Joseph Smith trial

On day one of the Joseph Smith murder trial, prosecutors and defense attorneys began to lie out their cases for and against the man accused of killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia.

Prosecutors say they have an overwhelming case against Smith. In an opening statement in Sarasota Monday, a prosecutor said Joseph Smith raped and strangled Carlie. Prosecutor Debra Riva says Smith told relatives where to find the girl's body. Officials say the body had Smith's DNA on it. Riva says, "Carlie's body will tell you the rest of the story." Riva said the girl's decomposed body was clad in a red shirt pushed up over her chest and that she was naked from the waist down. The prosecutor said marks on her wrists suggested they had been restrained and that Smith had strangled her from behind.

Riva also told jurors how investigators discovered the 10-second videotape as they retraced the route Carlie would have taken home from a friend's house and how it was used to link Smith to her abduction. Carlie's body was found four nights later on the grounds of a nearby church.

Smith's attorney, Adam Tebrugge is raising questions about DNA evidence prosecutors say prove Smith raped and strangled Carlie. Tebrugge told jurors that investigators got the names of numerous suspects after the videotape was shown. He said one man lived at the friend's house where Carlie had spent the previous night. But even though the man had told investigators he had discussed sexual topics with Carlie, Tebrugge says Smith became their primary suspect almost immediately.

After opening statements, the prosecution began calling their witnesses. Among the 5 witnesses called Monday were Carlie’s stepfather Steve Kansler and the co-owner of Evie’s Car Wash, Mike Evanoff. Evie’s Car Wash is where authorities obtained the surveillance video of Carlie’s abduction.

Carlie’s abduction was caught by a security camera on February first of last year.

Smith is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and capital sexual battery. He has pleaded innocent. He could be sentenced to death if he's convicted.