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'Chameleon': Wife-Killer Facing Charges In 33-Year-Old NJ Murder Case Featured On Dateline NBC 'Chameleon': Wife-Killer Facing Charges In 33-Year-Old NJ Murder Case Featured On Dateline NBC
John David Smith III Dateline NBC Fran Gladden-Smith A convicted killer facing new charges in connection with his second wife's death in Mercer County will be featured in a two-hour broadcast titled "Chameleon" on Dateline NBC on Friday, April 26. John David Smith III has served 20 years in an Ohio prison for the murder of his first wife. Now, he faces murder charges in New Jersey for killing his second wife, Fran Gladden-Smith, 33 years ago in West Windsor. At 9 p.m. Friday, Dateline NBC said it will reveal a "gripping investigation exposing (the) man suspected of multiple murders." Victims' relatives and detectives who put Smith behin…

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Report: Convicted Ohio Killer Extradited To NJ Prison In 30-Year-Old Mercer County Murder Case Report: Convicted Ohio Killer Extradited To NJ Prison In 30-Year-Old Mercer County Murder Case
Report: Convicted Ohio Killer Extradited To NJ Prison In 30-Year-Old Mercer County Murder Case Convicted killer John David Smith III has served 20 years in an Ohio prison for murdering his first wife. Now, Smith faces murder charges in South Jersey for killing his second wife, Fran Gladden-Smith, 30 years ago in West Windsor, according to news reports. Smith, who turned 70 on April 2, was extradited to Mercer County Correction Center to face new murder charges on Tuesday night, according to NJ Advance Media. Gladden-Smith was last seen at the couple's West Windsor condominium in September 1991. Smith, who was moved from the Marion Correctional Institution in Ohio, has been the subj…

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by Jon Craig