Principal Suspect
The True Story of Dr. Jay Smith and the Main Line Murders
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Danny Campbell
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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 in 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.
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- Rachael M
- 12-09-2021
Was he guilty or not guilty?
I honestly don't know how I feel in regards to Jay C. Smith's guilt or innocence after reading this book. Costopoulos makes an interesting case, I feel like I do need to go out and read Echoes in the Darkness so I can get the other side of the story.
This is definitely a bias book, Costopoulos has an interest in portraying Jay. C. Smith as an innocent man, and therefore, I don't know how much faith to put in his word.
What I do believe though is that, guilty or innocent, Jay C. Smith did not receive a fair trial. Some of the things the prosecution almost go away with is crazy, and I don't blame Costopoulos as all for trying to change the Double Jeopardy law in order to prevent this happening again. If Jay C. Smith was guilty, then the prosecution really let the public down by mishandling this case.
Definitely an interesting read.
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