February 11, 2024 • 81 mins
Have you ever had a gut feeling that someone was following you or watching you perform your usual daily tasks of life? Unfortunately for the two victims highlighted in our case this week, they did not have that feeling.
Maybe 17-year-old Shari Faye Smith was just riding the high of excitement with her impending high school graduation, and was too focused on the next chapter of her life to notice that someone followed her to her home, her safe space, to invade her personal privacy.
Maybe 9-year-old Debra Helmick was too busy playing pretend with her 3-year-old brother in her front yard right outside a window to notice the silver car stalking them.
This week we bring you the case of the notorious Larry Gene Bell, a South Carolina murderer who doesn't even need to be name dropped for locals to know who you are talking about. Listen to Tiffany and Sam discuss his evil plot to disrupt the lives of the Smith and Helmick family by abducting and murdering their sweet, bright blue-eyed, blonde daughters in the daytime hours for everyone to see.
This case has been a long time coming, so let us know what you think, did we do it justice?
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Sources
law.justia.com/cases/south-carolina/supreme-court/1990/23163-2.html
allthatsinteresting.com/larry-gene-bell
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gene_Bell
www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2020/12/26/larry-gene-bell
Maybe 17-year-old Shari Faye Smith was just riding the high of excitement with her impending high school graduation, and was too focused on the next chapter of her life to notice that someone followed her to her home, her safe space, to invade her personal privacy.
Maybe 9-year-old Debra Helmick was too busy playing pretend with her 3-year-old brother in her front yard right outside a window to notice the silver car stalking them.
This week we bring you the case of the notorious Larry Gene Bell, a South Carolina murderer who doesn't even need to be name dropped for locals to know who you are talking about. Listen to Tiffany and Sam discuss his evil plot to disrupt the lives of the Smith and Helmick family by abducting and murdering their sweet, bright blue-eyed, blonde daughters in the daytime hours for everyone to see.
This case has been a long time coming, so let us know what you think, did we do it justice?
Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/colacitycrime
Instagram: @Colacitycrime
Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/colacitycrime
Email your listener stories and case suggestions: colacitycrime@gmail.com
Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
Sources
law.justia.com/cases/south-carolina/supreme-court/1990/23163-2.html
allthatsinteresting.com/larry-gene-bell
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gene_Bell
www.talkmurderwithme.com/blog/2020/12/26/larry-gene-bell
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