Crime & Safety

Husband Who Blamed Wife's Death On Panhandler Sentenced To Life

The Maryland man who killed his wife in December 2018 and blamed it on a beggar was sentenced to prison time.

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Keith Smith fatally stabbed his wife, Aberdeen Proving Ground engineer Jacquelyn Smith, in December 2018. He was in the car with his adult daughter, who testified at the murder trial that he told her to say afterward that a panhandler killed her.
Keith Smith fatally stabbed his wife, Aberdeen Proving Ground engineer Jacquelyn Smith, in December 2018. He was in the car with his adult daughter, who testified at the murder trial that he told her to say afterward that a panhandler killed her. (WJZ)

BALTIMORE, MD — A Maryland man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the 2018 murder of his wife and a subsequent attempt to cover it up.

Keith Smith, 55, was given the maximum sentence of life in prison for the murder of his wife, plus three years for a deadly weapon with intent to injure. His wife Jacquelyn Smith was stabbed to death in 2018.

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