Real Crime/Paranormal/Conspiracy Theories Book III

The Murder of Gregg Smart

Pamela Ann Smart (née Wojas; born August 16, 1967) is anAmerican woman who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder,witness tampering and accomplice to first degree murder. In 1990, atage 22, Smart was accused of conspiring with her under-aged sexpartner, then 15-year-old William "Billy"Flynn, and three of his friends to have her 24-year-old husbandGreggory Smart killed in Derry, New Hampshire. She iscurrently serving a life sentence at Bedford Hills CorrectionalFacility for Women, a maximum security prison in Westchester County,New York.

Early life

Pamela Smart was born Pamela Wojas in Windham, New Hampshire, onAugust 16, 1967, the daughter of John and Linda Wojas. She grew up inMiami, Florida, before her family moved to Derry, New Hampshire, whenshe was in the eighth grade. Pamela attended secondary school atPinkerton Academy in Derry, where she was a cheerleader, andgraduated from Florida State University (FSU) with a degree incommunications. At FSU, she had been the host of a college radioprogram.

Pamela met Greggory Smart while she visited New Hampshire overChristmas break in 1986. They formed a serious relationship inFebruary 1987 and married two years later, with Greggory moving toFlorida to live with Pamela during her senior year at FSU. The coupleshared a passion for heavy metal music. However, seven months intotheir marriage, they began having difficulties in their relationship.Pamela took a job as a media coordinator at Winnacunnet High Schoolin Hampton, New Hampshire, where she met high school sophomoreWilliam "Billy" Flynn at Project Self-Esteem, alocal drug awareness program at Winnacunnet High where both werevolunteers. They bonded over their mutual interest in heavy metal.Pamela also met another intern named Cecelia Pierce, who was friendswith Flynn.

Murder of Gregg Smart

On May 1, 1990, Pamela Smart came home from a meeting at work tofind her condominium ransacked and her husband Greggory murdered.Police officials said the crime scene looked like a disruptedburglary. Smart was later accused of seducing 15-year-old Flynn andthreatening to stop having sex with him unless he killed her husband.Flynn did so with the help of friends Patrick "Pete"Randall, Vance "J.R." Lattime, Jr.,and Raymond Fowler.

During the investigation, Lattime's father brought a .38 caliberpistol he had found in his house to the police, believing it mighthave been the murder weapon. On May 14, an anonymous tip alsoindicated that Pierce was aware of the plan. Police talked to Pierce,who agreed to wear a wire and record conversations with Smart inhopes that she would say something incriminating, which she did.

On August 1, 1990, Detective Daniel Pelletier approached Smart inher school's parking lot. Smart recognized him, having spoken to himon at least six other occasions. Taken by surprise, she asked,"What's up?" "Well, Pam," Pelletier saidin the recording, "I have some good news and I have some badnews. The good news is that we've solved the murder of your husband.The bad news is you're under arrest." "What for?"Smart asked. "First-degree murder." Smart wasthen handcuffed and arraigned at the Derry District Court and jailedat the New Hampshire State Prison for Women, which was in Goffstownat the time.

Trial

Smart's trial was widely watched and garnered considerable mediaattention, partly because it was one of the first in the U.S. toallow TV cameras in the courtroom. She faced life in prison ifconvicted. The prosecution's case relied heavily on testimony fromSmart's teenaged co-conspirators, who had secured their own pleabargains before her trial began.