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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Washington County, Oregon , USA
- Date of birth
- December 31, 1953
- Age at first offence
- 37
- Characteristics
- bank robbery
- Victim profile
- Kathy Demarest, 40 (bank teller)
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- September 20, 1990
- Years active
- 1990
- Date of arrest
- Same day
- Status
-
Life imprisonment
Sentenced to death on March 9, 1992; resentenced to life in prison
Case record: Randall Loyal Smith
Status and identifiers
Randall Loyal Smith was born on 12/31/53. He was sentenced to death on 3/9/1992 and was resentenced to life in prison.
Timeline
- 3/9/1992 — Sentenced to death
- Resentenced to life in prison — Resentenced to life in prison (date not provided)
- 9/21/1990 — A report described the killing of a bank teller during a robbery in Sherwood, Oregon, and stated that Smith was arrested about 3 1/2 hours later (the report also references that the teller died “yesterday”)
Background
A bank teller, Kathy Demarest, 40, of Milwaukie, was on a one-day assignment away from her usual branch. She normally worked at the Milwaukie office.
The robbery involved the Key Bank of Oregon branch in Sherwood, a town of 2,900 people south of Portland.
The offence
Kathy Demarest died after she was shot in the face during a robbery.
The FBI said the bank was robbed about 11:40 a.m. by a gunman who approached Demarest and demanded that she put money in a brown paper sack. The man ordered the second teller in the office to approach him, but she refused. The gunman fired a second shot as he fled the bank in a light blue van.
Investigation
Tualatin police, sheriff's deputies and the FBI arrested a Newberg man about 3 1/2 hours later in a field northeast of town.
Arrest
Randall Loyal Smith, 36, was seized after officers fired tear gas at him. He was stopped on a road near Highway 99W about a mile northeast of Sherwood by Washington County sheriff's deputies and Tualatin police officers.
Smith refused to surrender, holding police officers at bay until 2:55 p.m., when FBI and SWAT team members fired the gas and rushed him.
Sentencing
Randall Loyal Smith was sentenced to death on 3/9/1992. He was later resentenced to life in prison.
Other details
- Smith was described as a “Newberg man.”
- The report states that the teller died “yesterday” relative to the report date.
- The firearm-related details included that she was shot in the face and that a second shot was fired as the gunman fled.
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