TN TN - Marsilene Smith, 69, Murfreesboro, Dec 2007

[Tonia]

Murfreesboro Husband To Be Formally Charged

Palmer Smith To Faces Charges In Wife's Disappearance

A Murfreesboro man arrested in connection with his wife's disappearance in 2007 is expected to be formally charged in court on Monday.Police arrested Palmer Smith two weeks ago after a grand jury found enough evidence to take him to trial.
Authorities also said he was uncooperative during questioning. He was released on $100,000 bond shortly after his arrest but is expected to appear at the arraignment on Monday.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/18939302/detail.html

 

[dreamweaver]

This is good news!

You know, LE usually look at a husband, ex husband, or boy friend when a woman goes missing.

 

[blackopsglock]

very sad case

 

[Tonia]

Palmer Smith To Face A Judge Thursday

The husband of a Murfreesboro woman missing for more than a year is expected to be in court Thursday.
Palmer Smith, 73, will face a judge for a plea hearing.
Palmer Smith will face charges of fabricating evidence and filing a false report in connection with the disappearance of his wife Marcie in December 2007.
If a plea agreement is not reached, the judge will reportedly set a trial date.

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=10235502

 

[Tonia]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wgns.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/image-thumb29.png%3Fw%3D226%26h%3D319&imgrefurl=http://wgns.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/murfreesboro-woman-missing/&usg=__wYG03IWdR4a43C41qIZiC_0fxlI=&h=319&w=226&sz=165&hl=en&start=19&um=1&tbnid=MfHgxQVns01mHM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=84&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmarsilene%2Bsmith%2Bbike%2Bvideo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Sure looks like him to me..

 

[Kat]

http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=17227

Monday, May 18, 2009 3:42 pm

Case against missing woman's husband continued

...A plea was scheduled in Circuit Court Monday but Snider asked to continue the case until June 29 so she and Norton could review more details about the case...

...The fabricating evidence indictment accused Smith of using a vehicle with knowledge of its falsity to affect the outcome of an investigation. The fabricating evidence charge allegedly occurred the same day his wife’s SUV was found at Wal-Mart.

Regarding the false reports indictments, Smith was accused of making two statements to Murfreesboro Police Officer Bobby Edwards about incidents that didn’t occur the day the husband reported his wife’s disappearance...

...Palmer remains free on bond.

 

[Fairy1]

I sure hope they come up with enough to put this old away for the rest of his miserable life.

 

[blackopsglock]

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...?q=marsilene+smith+bike+video&um=1&hl=en&sa=N

Sure looks like him to me..

Looks like him?

yes...

Can you positively identify him from this photo?

No.

Can you convict the man beyond a reasonable doubt by just this photo?

No.

I would have a hard time sending him to prison if this is all the evidence they have against him.

I am betting they have more on him.I found it strange that there was a bogus letter sent in about where the wife is buried just a few weeks after the cold case squad went on air. Perhaps he sent something in that has his prints on it or somethingl.

 

[blackopsglock]

Any updates?

 

[cheddar]

pretrial motion hearing today

Judge to determine whether evidence can be heard at trial

The husband of a missing Murfreesboro woman will be in court today in connection with her disappearance almost two years ago.

Palmer Smith, 73, reported his wife, Marcie, missing in December 2007 and now faces charges of fabricating evidence and four counts of filing a false police report.

A Rutherford County Circuit Court judge will decide today if certain evidence and testimony will be allowed at the trial, scheduled for sometime in 2010.

Among that evidence is an allusion to a prior domestic violence assault charge brought against Palmer Smith in Tipton County in West Tennessee a number of years before Marcie Smith's disappearance. <snipped>

http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20090928/NEWS01/909280317/Missing+wife+case+in+court

Mr. Smith still hasn't been charged in Marcie's disappearance. Maybe this trial will help with that. My fingers are crossed.

 

[cheddar]

Trial date, DNA evidence debated in disappearance case

Palmer Smith defense attorney Libbi Snider told Judge Don Ash she’ll file a motion to reschedule the Oct. 13 trial to a later date based on DNA evidence collected by the District Attorney General’s office from the defendant’s blood and from a Lincoln Navigator.

http://www.dnj.com/article/20090928/NEWS01/90928014/Trial+date++DNA+evidence+debated+in+disappearance+case

There's DNA evidence? Wow! I haven't heard that before. Maybe, just maybe, there will someday be justice for Marcie.

 

[christine2448]

I am not sure for the reason of this thread being in the located section.....but Marsilene is still misssing.

I have moved this to the discussion thread Missing Persons section.

 

[cheddar]

Thanks, christine.

There was another tidbit in the news today that I found interesting. The judge ordered Palmer Smith to give up two tubes of his blood. Investigators want to compare Smith's DNA to that found in his wife's SUV.

Investigators also want to compare Smith's DNA with evidence taken from the so-called "body map":

Smith turned the map over to police last year. He said someone sent it to him, claiming the map pointed to the location of his wife's body in east Tennessee.

Police searched, but found nothing. They wonder if DNA will tell them if Smith mailed that letter to himself.

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=11214184

Unless there is a delay, Smith is scheduled on October 13 to go on trial for lying to police.

 

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=11262718

5 Oct 09

"There's unidentified DNA within the vehicle that the TBI does not know who it belongs too," said Norton.

and

Norton said a special agent told him unknown female DNA was found on the steering wheel and upon the dog leash recovered from the Lincoln Navigator.

and

Marcie Smith's cell phone was found dumped on the side of the road. Norton said Marcie and Palmer Smith's prints were both found on the phone, but that there may be a third print that doesn't match either one of those.

much more at link

 

[cheddar]

Criminal Trial Set For Husband Of Missing Woman

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=11800172

By Nick Beres

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The husband of a missing Murfreesboro woman did not reach a plea deal with prosecutors Monday in court and his case is set for trial next week.

Marcie Smith's body has never been found. Her husband Palmer is not charged with murder. Prosecutors believe he lied to them the day his wife Marcie disappeared two years ago.

Police charged Palmer Smith with several counts of fabricating evidence and filing a false report.

The only hard piece of evidence in the case is surveillance video from a WalMart parking lot. It shows a person pulling a bicycle from Marcie's Lincoln Navigator and riding away. <snip>

More details at link. He's not being tried for Marcie's murder (yet!) but this is better than nothing. Maybe more details will come out at the trial and Marcie will finally get the justice she deserves. I hope so. This is one case I cannot get out of my mind.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=12341446

Posted: Apr 20, 2010 10:55 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 20, 2010 4:22 PM EDT

by Tim Wetzel

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The jury has been seated Tuesday afternoon in the case of a Rutherford County man who police said made false reports about the disappearance of his wife two years ago.

Investigators said Palmer Smith has not been telling the truth about what happened to his wife Marcie in December 2007. The 69-year-old grandmother's SUV was found in the parking lot of a Rutherford County Wal-Mart store.

 

[cheddar]

Palmer Smith Guilty In Evidence Tampering Trial

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- A jury on Friday found a Murfreesboro man guilty on all counts of fabricating evidence and making false statements to police in his wife's 2007 disappearance.

The defense did not call any witnesses, and Palmer Smith didn't testify in the case.

Smith’s wife, Marcie, vanished Dec. 7, 2007, after a day of shopping. He is not accused in Marcie's disappearance but is on trial for tampering with evidence and making false statements to police.

More here:
http://www.wsmv.com/news/23205717/detail.html

Hopefully this is only the first step toward justice for Marcie!

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.murfreesboropost.com/husband-sentenced-to-one-year-in-prison-cms-23354

Posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 5:49 pm

According to WGNS, Palmer Smith has been sentenced to one year in jail on charges connected to the 2007 disappearance of his wife, Marcie.

He was found guilty in April of two counts of tampering with evidence and six counts of filing false statements with police.

 

[cheddar]

Well, it took a while but...

Palmer Smith Booked In Jail After State Supreme Court Upholds Conviction

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Palmer Smith has been booked into jail after the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld his conviction. Smith was convicted of fabricating evidence and lying to police in connection with the 2007 disappearance of his wife. Appeals had kept him out of jail.

The 78-year-old was taken into custody Thursday morning after the ruling was handed down.

More at http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25820581/palmer-smith-booked-in-jail-after-state-supreme-court-upholds-conviction

He's not in jail for killing Marcie but at least he's in jail. :clap:

Maybe someday...

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Secret surveillance video, a detailed body map, and a missing woman. It's all part of the mystery surrounding Marcie Smith.

Her husband Palmer Smith was the lone suspect in her disappearance. Detectives always believed he killed his wife, but couldn't prove it.

Now Palmer has died, and there was no deathbed confession.

Husband, suspect in 2007 disappearance of Marcie Smith, dies

Marcie Smith disappeared in 2007 and her husband Palmer Smith became the prime suspect. He denied any wrongdoing and never changed his story up to his death this past week.

www.newschannel5.com