Jana Claudia Gómez Menéndez (March 2007 – died July 2007)
Children
1 son (born c. 1999)[3]
Parent
William Trickett Smith Sr.[2]
Conviction(s)
Drug trafficking (2000) Escape, eluding arrest (2004) Murder (2011)[1]
Criminal charge
Murder (2007)
Penalty
Sentenced to 35 years in prison
William Trickett Smith II (or Jr.) (born January 18, 1981) is a U.S. citizen from Paxtang, Pennsylvania who pleaded guilty to killing his Peruvian wife, Jana Claudia Gómez Menéndez de Smith of Trujillo, Peru.[2] Gómez Menéndez was reported missing and was found in a suitcase that washed up on a beach near the capital city of Lima the day after the 2007 Peru earthquake. Her body was identified by a tattoo of a butterfly on her neck.[4] The homicide investigation became known in Peru as "The Mystery of the Butterfly".[1]
On May 23, 2011, Smith was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of his wife.
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^ ab"Pa. man held after death of wife in Peru". USA Today. Associated Press. September 9, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
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^Shellem, Pete (September 17, 2009). "Federal judge halts extradition of Paxtang man charged in the murder of his wife in Peru". The Patriot-News. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
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