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Woman Thief of Memory Card Leads to Explosive Alaska Murder Trial
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Woman Thief of Memory Card Leads to Explosive Alaska Murder Trial

A woman's theft of a digital memory card from a truck has led to a shocking murder trial in Alaska. The gruesome footage found on the stolen card is now key evidence in the trial of Brian Steven Smith, a South Africa native accused of killing two Alaska Native women. It all began when a woman with a history of criminal activity, including theft and assault, entered a truck with a man who had picked her up for a "date" near downtown Anchorage. Seizing an opportunity, she stole a digital memory card from the center console of the vehicle while the man momentarily left her alone. Little did she know that the content of that memory card would expose a series of heinous crimes. More than four years after the theft, the woman turned the memory card over to the police. On it, they found dis...