We, the
comrades of Unit 1012, will honor and remember 8-year-old Cherish Lily
Perrywinkle who died on June 22, 2013.
We, the
comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, will make her one of The 82 murdered children of Unit 1012,
where we will not forget her. Let us remember how she lived and not how she
died. We will always support her family members. Please go to this previous blog post to learn more about her.
There was
some justice served as her killer, Donald Smith was sentenced to death on May
2, 2018.
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Cherish
Perrywinkle, 8, was abducted on 06/21/13 and later raped and killed. Police
have arrested Donald J. Smith, 56, in her murder. Smith is a registered sex
offender who was just released from jail on May 31, 2013.
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Mom to child killer sentenced to death:
'BURN IN HELL'
A heartbroken mother told twisted death row-bound
child killer Donald Smith she wants him to “burn in hell.”
A heartbroken
mother told twisted death row-bound child killer Donald Smith she wants him to
“burn in hell.”
Smith was
sentenced Wednesday to ultimate justice in a Jacksonville, Fla. courtroom for
the 2013 murder of Cherish Perrywinkle. She was 8.
“I
could say ‘burn in hell,’ that’s what I want to say. I want him to burn in
hell,” Cherish’s mom, Rayne Perrywinkle, told reporters.
The jury
unanimously recommended the death penalty.
“When
she (Judge Mallory Cooper) said ‘death penalty,’ that’s when my tears started
coming out,” Perrywinkle said, adding, “I don’t move forward, I just exist
now.”
Smith — a
convicted child molester — had befriended Perrywinkle and offered to buy her
children clothing at a Jacksonville Walmart.
He then
suggested getting them food at the front of the store, and Cherish went with
him. She vanished.
The little
girl’s body was found the next day in a marshy area.
During the
penalty phase, a woman Smith tried to kidnap and molest when she was a child
delivered a power-packed victim impact statement.
The jury
heard that the grey-haired killer is a diagnosed psychopath without an iota of
empathy. It took them 15 minutes to convict him.
Rayne
Perrywinkle said she’s determined to have something positive come from her
daughter’s tragic death.
She wants
child sex predators like Smith locked up forever.
“I
want to strengthen laws to get predators locked up where they should be, so
they don’t have the chance to keep getting out to murder children, to lure
parents such as myself that were naive,” Perrywinkle
said.
“I
just wish Cherish was here to see it.”
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Judge: 'May
God have mercy on your soul,' Donald Smith sentenced to death
Updated: May
3, 2018 - 9:40 AM
Convicted
killer Donald Smith was sentenced to death by the judge Wednesday for the 2013
murder of Cherish Perrywinkle.
"Donald
James Smith, may God have mercy on your soul," Judge Mallory Cooper said
as she sentenced him.
The jury took
14 minutes to find Smith guilty of kidnap, rape and murder of the 8-year-old in
February. Smith had little reaction as the guilty verdict was read to him.
The death
penalty was recommended to the judge by the jurors on February 22, after a
little over two hours of deliberation.
Smith has a
criminal history as a registered sexual offender. His mother, Patricia Moore
said her son was first arrested in 1977 for exposing himself to children, but
she thought it was a misunderstanding. He was then arrested for sex-related
offenses in the '80s and '90s.
Smith was
also charged in 2003 with pretending to be a Florida Department of Children and
Families worker and calling a 9-year-old girl, asking her sexual questions and
threatening her family.
Cherish was
kidnapped from a Northside Walmart and killed by Smith, authorities said.
In 2013, JSO
admitted their officers made mistakes as they doubted Cherish's mother Rayne
Perrywinkle'sstory and said she acted strangely.
Juror Paul
Hinson got a hug and a ‘thank you’ from Rayne Perrywinkle after the sentencing
Wednesday in the Duval County Courthouse lobby.
Hinson is one
of the jurors who unanimously recommended the death sentence for Smith. He
attended court proceedings after the trial to see that justice was done to
Smith.
“It is not
going to be officially over until he’s put to death, but that’s whenever they
decide to do that. That’s when it’s going to be,” Hinson said.
Action News
Jax law and safety Expert Dale Carson said it could take years before Smith is
executed. He said that’s how long the appeals process could take, and evidence
such as the child’s autopsy photos could play a role along with other factors.
“That is one
of the appeals that will happen, and others related to the types of information
developed during the trial,”Carson said. “Objections, the court’s sustained
objections, all of them work together to create great fodder for the appellate
system.”
Carson said
Smith will now go to Baker County for a medical evaluation before going to
prison to await execution.
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A man has been sentenced to death after
a jury convicted him of abducting, raping and slaying an 8-year-old girl in
Florida.
A man convicted in less than 15 minutes for raping
and murdering an 8-year-old Florida girl was sentenced to death on Wesdnesday.
The man, Donald Smith, 62, had been found guilty of
first-degree murder, kidnapping and rape in the 2013 death of the child,
Cherish Perrywinkle.
According to the young girl’s mother, Rayne, Smith
had been watching her and her three daughters while they shopped for clothes at
a discount store on June 21, 2013. She testified that he noticed her working
out a way to pay for the clothes and was waiting outside for them when they
left, unable to afford the items. She said Smith offered to take them to a nearby
Walmart and make purchases using a gift card.
She was weary but accepted. Rayne then said that
after hearing the young girls complain about being hungry, Smith offered to go
to a McDonald’s within the store. Cherish followed him and was never seen alive
again.
The young girl’s mutilated body was later found in
a creek. She had been raped and stranggled, and her injuries appeared to
include blunt-force trauma to the back of her head.
Dr. Valerie Rao, the Jacksonville chief medical
examiner, testified that Perrywinkle sustained severe injuries and had a
"‘totally destroyed anatomy.”
It took her three to five minutes to die from “lack
of oxygen to her brain,” Rao said.
Smith, who has a criminal history dating back to
the 1970s, was described by defense experts as a psychopath lacking in impulse
control. Doctors also described Smith as callous, uncaring, manipulative and
without empathy.
His case will automatically be appealed to the
Florida Supreme Court.
Fox News’ Frank Miles and The Associated Press
contributed to this report.
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1a.
Mom to child killer sentenced to death: 'BURN IN HELL'
A
heartbroken mother told twisted death row-bound child killer Donald Smith she
wants him to “burn in hell.”
1b. 'Burn in hell': Man, 62, is
sentenced to death for rape and murder of girl, eight, who he abducted from a
Walmart after promising to buy her impoverished family food and clothes
1c. Judge: 'May God have mercy on your
soul,' Donald Smith sentenced to death
1d. A man has been sentenced to death
after a jury convicted him of abducting, raping and slaying an 8-year-old girl
in Florida.
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