Lee Albert Smith

Lee Albert Smith

Murderer

1known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Cochise Couny, Arizona, USA
Date of birth: March 9, 1883
Age at first offence: 61
Characteristics: mutilation
Victim profile: Ed Miller
Method of murder: Cutting his throat
Date(s) of murder: 1944
Years active: 1944
Date of arrest: —
Status: Executed
Executed by asphyxiation-gas in Arizona on April 6, 1945

Case Summary

Overview

Lee Albert Smith, white, was executed by asphyxiation-gas in Arizona on April 6, 1945.

The offence

Smith was executed for the murder of one Ed Miller. Smith used a hammer and then cut Miller’s throat.

Smith, with the help of his son, hid the body under a culvert on Highway 80 east of Douglas near the scene of the crime.

Other details

Smith was listed as #12988.

Smith’s son was serving a thirty to forty-year sentence for being an accomplice.

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