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Brian Smith (226 Year Prison Sentence) Interrogation

4 October 2024 By Port Elizabethan

Brian Smith – a South African immigrant living in Alaska has been found guilty of the murders of two Native Alaska women in 2018 and 2019.

Brian Steven Smith, 53, filmed the horrific murder of Kathleen Henry in September 2019, content which was discovered by a sex worker, Valeria Casler and turned over to the police. Once he was arrested, he voluntarily confessed to the murder of Veronica Abouchak, whose remains were discovered in April 2019. He was sentenced to 226 years for the two murders he was convicted of committing. Now there may be a third victim connected to the case, making him an alleged serial killer.

Questions have been asked about whether Smith started his killing in South Africa.

Whilst in South Africa, Smith stayed in East London, Gqeberha and Johannesburg. Echoes of Boetie Boer?

In the video:

00:00:00 Start
00:02:55 Jailhouse interview
00:08:30 “You’re gonna be famous”
00:09:40 Wal-Mart on September 4th 2019 (bought beer and a phone)
00:13:00 Why was he in Alaska?
00:11:58 McDonalds with a female on the same day he hid the body of his 2nd known victim
00:14:55 Police Interrogation at the airport (he just returned from a vacation trip)
00:30:30 He had a YouTube channel
00:47:55 Detectives ask him to get more specific
01:08:00 They confront him with the evidence
01:14:35 What did he do on the video?
01:21:00 When did the 2nd murder take place?
01:32:30 Pretending someone framed him?
01:50:00 He talks about his ex girlfriend
02:10:15 “I don’t remember” is not going to cut it, detectives say
02:18:45 Deflecting with a new story?
02:33:00 Things he said to the victim (trigger warning)
02:41:00 Homework, debrief and outro

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