John Smith (murderer) - Wikipedia
Smith married Janice Hartman (born 2 March 1951) on 30 June 1970. The marriage was troubled; Janice's brother said that Smith was abusive from the start. Hartman left Smith in 1974 and returned to Ohio intending to divorce him, with the court granting the divorce decree on 14 November 1974. [3]
Janice Hartman: Who Was She? How Did She Die? - The …
Apr 26, 2024 · Janice Elaine Hartman, born on March 2, 1951, in Ohio, was a remarkable young woman known for her dedication to her studies and caring nature towards her family. During high school, she crossed paths with John Smith, igniting a romance that led to their elopement and marriage in Detroit.
John Smith's Chilling History Unveiled After Wives Vanished - NBC
Apr 26, 2024 · After two of John Smith's wives were found to have gone missing, Janice Hartman and Betty “Fran” Gladden Smith, family members took on a decades-long quest for justice.
What happened to Janice Hartman? - The US Sun
Apr 26, 2024 · What happened to Janice Hartman? John Smith became the prime suspect in what police initially believed to be Hartman's disappearance – and what would end up being her murder – only after his second wife, Betty Fran Gladden-Smith, also "vanished" without a trace in 1991.
After her disappearance, Fran Smith's husband faces murder …
Decades earlier, he’d eloped with Janice Elaine Hartman after high school, another detective, Dave Mansue, told “Dateline.” But the couple split in 1974, after only a few years.
Ohio killer offered plea deal in death of second wife who vanished …
Oct 25, 2021 · Indiana authorities had found the box in 1980, dumped along a highway there, and 20 years later the body was identified as Janice Hartman, John Smith’s first wife. She’d disappeared in...
Imprisoned killer charged with murdering wife 28 years after …
Nov 20, 2019 · Smith, now 68, is currently in an Ohio prison serving a 15-year to life term for killing Janice Hartman, whose bones were found in a box along an Indiana highway in 1980, but not identified until...
Husband convicted in first wife's killing let off in second wife's ...
May 5, 2024 · Smith, 73, was sentenced in 2001 to life in prison in Ohio for killing his first wife, Janice Elaine Hartman, days after they divorced in 1974. In 2019, he was indicted on murder charges in the...
John Smith Killed Ex Janice Hartman Before Fran Gladden Smith ...
Oct 28, 2019 · John Smith’s brother told jurors he wanted to call the police when he found the hacked-up body of John’s ex-wife, Janice Hartman — but his grandfather punched him in the face at the idea of betraying a family member.
Husband Charged in 26-Year-Old Slaying of Wife - ABC News
Oct 3, 2000 · John David Smith III, 49, was indicted by a Wayne County, Ohio, grand jury on charges he killed his first wife, Janice Hartman, who disappeared without a trace on Nov. 17, 1974, from Doylestown, which is about 35 miles south of Cleveland. Her skeletal remains were found in a roadside ditch in 1980.