ERICA HEATHER SMITH - 14 yo (2002) - Ashburn/Loudoun VA

Letter to the Editor of the Loudoun Times
Our family is furious that justice has not yet come for our
14-year-old daughter Erica Heather Smith, who was found murdered in a
shallow grave in Ashburn in 2002.

A message to the killer of Erica Smith from her mom: How can you live
with yourself knowing that you brutally murdered a child? A young
beautiful little girl. You made me a parent of a murdered child!

You put me into a world that is totally different from the world that
we used to know and want back so badly. It is so very hard to accept
and live with this each and every day! I pray every day that my daughter
Erica’s killer will do the right thing and turn himself in to law
enforcement.

I often wonder how can you live with yourself knowing that you
brutally murdered our 14-year-old daughter. How can you sleep at night?
Don’t you know that God knows what you did? And he sees your every move.
I hope and pray when you close your eyes at night that you see and are
reminded of how you brutally murdered my daughter. You do not deserve to
breathe the same air that law-abiding citizens breath. You need to own
up to what you did, and may God set you free of your awful sin.

I have no mercy for you as you had no mercy for my daughter on July
29, 2002. She trusted you and you took her life away. You chose to
murder Erica, and I choose not to have mercy on you. As you sleep at
night, I can’t because I know my daughter is not at peace. I hear my
daughter’s voice saying to me, “Mom don’t let him get away with this.”

If you now have children/family, how would you feel if it was one of
your family members that was murdered? Wouldn’t you want justice?! You
are a heartless monster, and it’s time that you pay for your vicious,
brutal and savage murder of our beautiful 14-year-old daughter.

You will never have peace in your life until you confess.

A reward is being offered to anyone that has any information to help
solve the murder of Erica Heather Smith. To find out more about our
beloved daughter’s story that was aired on “America’s Most Wanted”
please see the following:

Log onto: http://www.amw.com

Look in the upper right hand corner – “Search AMW”

Type in the block: “Erica”

Then a drop down will appear

Select “unknown Erica Smith Killer”


Sincerely,

Pamela Smith

Loudoun’s Child Victim Awareness Day will remember Erica Heather Smith

By Caitlin Gibson, Published: August 1

Ten years ago, in the early afternoon of July 29, 14-year-old Erica Heather Smith told her younger brother that she was going to meet a friend. She then left her family’s home in Ashburn, but she never arrived at the friend’s house.

Eleven days later, her body was found in a shallow grave near Broad Run Creek. Her killing remains unsolved...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/loudouns-child-victim-awareness-day-will-remember-erica-heather-smith/2012/07/31/gJQAdLBUPX_story.html

Subpoena

February 19, 2012

I unearthed one of my unpublished articles recently. A piece that chronicled a moment in time that profoundly impacted my views on parenting, philanthropy, social responsibility, compassion and mortality to name just a few.

At the time I wrote it, it seemed almost too personal to publish. I was wrong—it is a story that needs to be told.

I owe it to Erica.

More:
http://rediscovercourtesy.org/subpoena

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/36/598319.html

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Erica Heather Smith

Erica Smith Update: August 4th - September 14th

This update represents a review of the file since the inception of the Cold Case Unit implemented by Sheriff Chapman during April of 2012. The forensic laboratory continues to evaluate hairs that were previously collected at the time of the discovery of Erica’s body.

More:

http://sheriff.loudoun.gov/FormCenter/Cold-Case-Initiative-6/Erica-Heather-Smith-44