Part Two: The Case

The first mention of Kalvin Michael Smith in connection with the attack on Jill Marker came almost six months after the crime, on June 1, 1996, in an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.

Crime Stoppers works with the police department by offering rewards for information that leads to an arrest. The reward in the Marker case was $12,000.

The tip was short and to the point.

“Caller advised that Kalvin Michael Smith is responsible for the beating of the lady at the Silk Plant Forest,” the report reads “Caller advised that the subject could be located at 1228 Shouse Street in Winston-Salem. Information was left on the answering machine and no further details were given.”

Smith, then 25, had a long list of arrests for petty crimes, with five convictions, three for misdemeanor larceny, one for possession of marijuana and one for assault on a female ...

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