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Former Virginia Tech Football Player Pleads Not Guilty In Tinder Date's Beating Death: Report Former Virginia Tech Football Player Pleads Not Guilty In Tinder Date's Beating Death: Report
Former Virginia Tech Football Player Pleads Not Guilty In Tinder Date's Beating Death: Report A former Virginia Tech football player pleaded not guilty to killing a man, who he thought was a woman, after meeting in person through an online dating platform Tinder, according to various news reports. Isimemen David Etute, 19, was indicted on a murder charge in the death of Jerry Paul Smith, a 40-year-old Blacksburg restaurant project manager, on May 31, 2021. The two met online and connected in person when Etute when to Smith's apartment for an encounter that included oral sex in April 2021. However, Etute was unsure if Smith was a male or female. Etute then planned a second enco…

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