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Biography of Pamela Smart
Pamela Smart, an American teacher who seduced her students, not only took the life of Greg, but also ruined the lives of naive and impressionable young boys when she pushed them into committing a crime. She is a cold, calculating woman who is completely indifferent to everyone except herself. A famous Italian psychologist and criminologist, Cesare Lombroso, wrote in his book "Female Criminal and Prostitute" that "crimes committed by women out of hatred and revenge often have complex motives. Female criminals, like children, are extremely sensitive to any kind of criticism. They easily succumb to feelings of hatred, and any obstacle or failure in life fuels their rage, pushing them towards crime. Every disappointment fills them with anger towards the cause that brought it about, and every unfulfilled desire instills hatred towards those around them, even when there is no reason to resent them. Failure awakens a terrible anger in their souls against those who are happier than them, especially if their failure is due to their own incompetence. The same, but in a more pronounced form, is observed in children, who often hit an object with their fists when it causes them pain."
Early Life and Background
Pamela Smart, 22 years old at the time, was a teacher with a certain position and authority in society. Beautiful and ambitious, she was dissatisfied and disillusioned with her life. She was not attracted to a teaching career, and her married life turned out to be monotonous and dull. Pamela sought excitement in an illicit relationship with a young student, leading both her and her teenage lover to commit a crime. Perhaps Pamela saw her dissatisfaction stemming from her husband, which is why she orchestrated his murder.
The Tragedy
Pamela and her husband Greg came to the small town of Derry on the east coast of America to give a series of lectures on the dangers of drugs and alcohol at Winnacunnet Middle School. Pamela was a young teacher, and her husband was an insurance agent. Their first wedding anniversary was soon to be celebrated. However, on May 1, 1990, a tragedy occurred that would forever change the lives of not only the deceased Greg Smart, but also the confused schoolchildren who were led astray by their perverted teacher.
A patrol officer, Gerald Satchia, received an urgent call. The dispatcher sent him to the outskirts of town, mentioning something about a dead man's body found. On the porch of one of the neighboring houses, a young woman was crying. In hysterics, she pointed to the open door of her own house and repeated, "He's in there... My husband is in there..." The police officer cautiously entered the house and saw a man lying face down in the hallway. He turned the body over to examine it and noticed a small hole near the temple. It was a gunshot wound at close range.
Investigation and Arrest
Pamela was called to the police, along with everyone who could be helpful to the investigation. She explained that she was at a school meeting that evening and had no idea who would want to kill her husband or why. However, the young widow seemed unusually calm - her attractive face showed no signs of distress or suffering. According to the detective who conducted the interrogation, it was unnerving. Captain Lauren Jackson was tasked with leading the investigation and was also struck by the apparent composure of the widow. Pamela's testimony, as the first person to discover Greg's body, was recorded with special care, but there were details in the murder scene that did not match her story.
Apart from her testimony, there was no evidence to support the theory of a burglary. Wouldn't the burglars have taken the diamond ring that remained on the deceased's finger? Although no cash was found in the wallet, all of the victim's credit cards were still there. The investigator developed various versions and gathered information that could shed light on the tragedy that occurred. It was only after four days had passed since the murder that Detective Dan Pelletier received an anonymous phone call. This call became the lead that ultimately unraveled the complex web of the crime.
The unidentified woman on the phone claimed that the police should question Cecilia Pierce, a minor. According to her, Pamela had confided in this student about her intention to kill Greg. Cecilia's name was on the list Pamela had compiled, which included people who had been to her house in the month leading up to the murder. Naturally, Cecilia was summoned to the police, but she refused to testify against the woman she considered her best friend.
Many young people, not just Cecilia, visited the sociable, fun, and interesting school teacher at her home. One of them was Billy Flynn, who was fifteen years old at the time he met Pamela Smart. Rumors spread in school that when he first saw Pamela, he turned and said, "I'm in love..." Pamela, who flirted with her students willingly, showed a clear preference for Billy.
The first sexual experience comes differently for everyone. Billy would never forget how it all started between him and Pamela, how he went to her house, to his teacher, an adult woman, and she put on an erotic film on the VCR. Then she led the boy into the bedroom and reenacted a striptease scene from the movie. After that, they had sex. Mimicking a scene from the film, Billy would caress Pamela with ice cubes before making love again.
For the inexperienced young boy, the experience was truly eye-opening, and he later said, "I felt something like shock. Not every day does a teenager do something like that with an adult woman who says she likes him. I was blinded. I was in love with her."
All moral barriers were broken down, and after that, they made love in her car, at home, in the school building - everywhere. They spent a lot of time together, pretending to work on the problem of fighting drugs and alcohol. Passion overwhelmed the fifteen-year-old boy, especially when Pamela gave him her more revealing bikini photos. The young man, still a boy, began to feel jealousy and hatred towards her husband, who, according to Pamela's stories, was the villain who made her unhappy, deceiving her at every turn and insulting her.
The suffering of his beloved haunted the boy, and when Pamela hinted that she wanted to get rid of her husband, for example, by killing him, the idea took root in his mind. He wanted Pamela to be free and stay with him, Billy Flynn, forever.
To carry out the murder plan, Billy recruited his friends as accomplices: 17-year-old Patrick Randall, 18-year-old Vance Lattime, and 19-year-old Raymond Fowler. They were promised a reward. The only condition Pamela had was to take away her beloved dog. She was afraid that her owner's death would upset the pet.
The first attempt to kill Greg failed. The second time, everything went according to plan. Flynn and Randall broke into the house through the basement's metal door and staged a rampage in the bedroom, bathroom, and living room, trying to make it look like the aftermath of a burglary and break-in.
The actual murder took only a few seconds. They attacked Greg in the hallway. Knocking him to the ground, Randall began waving a knife in front of him. Later, the young man told the police that he lacked the courage to kill Greg. So Flynn pulled out a revolver and shot Greg. He fell onto a towel spread on the carpet. Pamela had told them in advance that she didn't want the tile floor and carpet to be stained with blood.
These details became known only after the picture of the murder and the role of each person in this tragedy became clear. Pamela's role as the seductress and instigator, hiding behind her title as a teacher, horrified all the town's residents as soon as they learned about her and when the suspicions were proven. Pamela was surprised when Detective Dan Pelletier came to her office and bluntly said, "I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is we found your husband's killer. The bad news is you are arrested for your involvement in the murder."
The boys who carried out the plans of the ideological organizer and initiator confirmed that they knew about the murder plan. They admitted that they did it because Billy and Pamela were in love. However, Pamela insisted on her innocence, claiming that she was a victim of the wild fantasies of teenagers.
She claimed that she had never tempted Billy Flynn, never slept with him, and never incited his friends to commit murder. But during the trial, it became clear that it was hard to believe her story. Billy Flynn, under oath, gave testimony that shocked everyone present in the courtroom. He described how he loaded the revolver with bullets, how he hesitated for a moment after aiming at Greg's head. "It felt like a hundred years," he sobbed. "And I said, 'Oh God, forgive me.'"
Pamela Smart was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Billy Flynn and Patrick Randall received 28 years in prison each, and Vance Lattime received 18 years.
Pamela Smart, who continued to blame all the guilt on her students until the end of the trial, could not believe such an ending, even upon hearing the verdict. She turned to her lawyer and said, "First, Billy took Greg's life, now he's taking mine." But Captain Jackson, who had seen countless criminals during his quarter-century of police service, was not impressed. He said, "Pamela Smart not only took Greg's life, but also ruined the lives of naive and impressionable young boys when she pushed them into committing a crime. She is a cold, calculating woman who is completely indifferent to everyone except herself. I think prison is the most suitable place for this individual."
