From the Tribune-Review:
A Greensburg man charged with raping a 5-month-old girl said he had issues and sometimes did things he knew were wrong, an investigator testified Thursday.
During a preliminary hearing, Greensburg police Detective Jerry Vernail recounted a conversation he had with Scott Wade Smith, 19, of 536 Highland Ave., about 11:35 p.m. March 7, at Smith’s request.
“‘I know I have a problem,” Vernail recalled Smith saying as he read from his notes. “There are things I want to do, and there are things I don’t want to do, but I do anyway.’”
Smith was held for trial on charges of rape, aggravated assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and endangering the welfare of a child by Greensburg District Judge James Albert.
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Vernail testified that during the conversation, Smith said he could sometimes see things happen in the future and that he had mental health issues.
At the time, Vernail said he was telling Smith that his account about what happened to the baby didn’t make sense and didn’t agree with what others living in the home were saying.
At one point, Smith “responded to me by saying, ‘I (expletive) up,’” Vernail said.
But he never directly confessed to the crimes, police said.
In a box behind the laundry room door at the home, Vernail said he found bloody baby wipes and a soiled and bloody condom. They were in a cardboard box that contained school excuse forms belonging to Smith, Vernail said.
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Other testimony was that there was no sign the baby had been choking on a crayon, as Smith had claimed when paramedics arrived; and that Smith was “devoid of excitement or emotion” when paramedics arrived.
The child’s mother has dropped out of high school because of what was done to her baby, and she stated she believed Smith loved her and would not harm her child. She says the baby is fine, they are living with her parents, and that “Whoever did it needs to go to jail”.
The original blog article on this topic is here.
[...] UPDATE 5/23/08: An update on this case has been posted here. [...]
Involuntary? He made the choice.
That stumped me too, until I realized that “involuntary” refers to the baby, not him.
And she believe he didn’t do it? WTH.
This post just makes me sick and angry…I will be having my little daughter soon and I can PROMISE you that if someone even came close to my girl (or son for that matter!) and injured her in this way there would be no where they could run from my wrath. I would gladly accept the death penalty for what I would do to such a person.
i hope that sick b…..d gets killed in jail ….. not quickly either if you know what i mean
Soon HE will be getting his white trash ass raped daily in prison!
busted she was just 5-months…God don’t ask any one to do sins , they do by his/her own will .So what the f**k,“There are things I want to do, and there are things I don’t want to do, but I do anyway.’” who will buy such a story. Going to jail is also not enough he should be stoned to death. Wish GOD he dosent have any mercy on such so called human beings.
My sympathy to the family members.
Wow. You know, sick people deserve compassion, mercy, and pity. Anyone that would do this is obviously mentally ill and not able to control what they are doing and its not their fault. Sometimes peoples rage and hatred of the sick amazes me. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
It’s not his fault that he raped a little baby? You have GOT to be kidding me.
Under McNaughton, legal insanity is defined by the inability to differentiate between right and wrong. He clearly knew it was wrong, because he tried to cover it up.
So thanks, but I’ll save my sympathy for someone who actually can’t understand that what they did was wrong. This is not one of their cases.
No see…it IS his fault because you know what…HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG AND DID IT ANYWAY.. I MIGHT feel compassion if he DID NOT DO IT but went to the police or something and said that he was going to do this and asked for help BEFORE ACTUALLY DOING IT.
‘Scuze me…but he knew it was wrong and did it anyway. We have something called free will. He could have called a crisis hotline or something. Hell…to me I wouldn’t have minded if he decided to commit suicide instead of doing something and horrible as this.
Compassion and mercy my ass. I have a lot of compassion and pity and mercy for a lot of people…but not people to rape babies. Yes they are mental…but it isn’t like they don’t know they are WRONG.
i just came across this well i can tell you right now who is a pedophile and probably rapes kids that would be
MikeinTex”you are fucked up your self”
Wow. You know, sick people deserve compassion, mercy, and pity. Anyone that would do this is obviously mentally ill and not able to control what they are doing and its not their fault. Sometimes peoples rage and hatred of the sick amazes me. You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
whf is wronge with you … people can be just EVIL there is that in the world. some people like to hurt and kill other things and or people for the fun of it.. you are a dumb fuck to give any mercy on Scott Wade Smith.
I bet that 5 month old was wearin’ a skimpy dress or somethin’. She was asking for it. Dude got a hard on and was like…hey, I’m horney! So he snatched him self the closest poon-tang available. It all makes sense to me.
I just saw an update on the news and have been thinking about this all day and trying not to cry or get sick. I hope that P.O.S. b*****d gets raped everyday in jail. That’s beyond f***ed up!
Babyrapor, go F*** yourself. What the f*** is wrong with you?