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Man Indicted for Capital Murder in Martin Byerly Killing
Comments 0 | Recommend 0July 23, 2008 - 7:08 PM
The Jasper County grand jurt has indicted a man for capital murder.
The grand jury indicted Eric Smith, 35, on a charge of capital murder in the killing of Martin Byerly.
Prosecutors allege Smith stabbed and killed Byerly while robbing him at a motel in Jasper last September.
Investigators say they found evidence at the scene and in a wooded area, linking Smith to the crime.
Byerly's body was discovered in June in an abandoned oil field in Jasper County.
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