Amanda Smith: Not a murderer
I was fully prepared to write today about Amanda Smith avoiding the death penalty by pleading guilty to murder charges. I was fully prepared to accept that Solicitor Bob Ariail didn’t feel like he...
Category: Devon Epps
Coverage of Devon Epps’ death and the arrest of his mother Amanda Smith
Prosecutors set to unveil evidence in Devon Epps case
It’s been nearly three months since Greenville County’s top lawman said what most people already suspected: “Amanda Smith is responsible for the death of her son.” With those words, Sheriff Steve Loftis prepared the...
Best of Rapid Eye Reality 2007
I struggled with whether to do a retrospective, a best-of, or a “State of the Otis” post to end the year. Because I’ve already written a 2500-word retrospective for another site and I’m feeling...
The face of Amanda Smith
Among the greatest topics of speculation since August 12 is how Amanda Smith has spent her time. In the run-up to the arrest, I held back information I had been given for a variety...
Amanda Smith arrested in death of son, Devon Epps
The incident report for the the night of August 12, 2007 reveals little about that night and what light it does shed is fractured by the passing of the past two and half months....
Devon Epps Case Breaks
Word is just now coming out of a break in the Devon Epps case. A live press conference is slated for 4pm. Somehow, I think I know what’s coming. Blogger is having some publishing...
On being Devon Epps’ mom
The last time Amanda Smith had a birthday party, it was an affair celebrated with three close close friends and a trash can full of booze and fruit. The girls all dressed up, posed...
Devon Epps: The Missing Memorial Page
I’ve been out of town for a week. Upon my arrival back in Greenville, I discovered that I haven’t missed much in the on-going investigation into the death of Devon Epps. The Greenville News...
Wednesday Mental Massage?
I know, I know. The Mental Massage is supposed to happen on Fridays. I mean, who goes for a mental rubdown on Wednesday? Well, as I mentioned before, this week and the next few...
Devon Epps: Picture the face behind the name
While I’ve never put this little corner of the Internet out as a crime blog, news source, or vigilante-inspiring screed, I do have a background in comprehensiveness…sometimes to a fault. It occurred to me,...
Devon Epps: Waiting
“Taking a different way?” my wife asked as I slipped onto a different back road and drove through an old residential area. We’d been out for ice cream. On the way home, I pulled...
RER Devon Epps coverage makes it to print
I awoke this morning to find that the local alternative weekly, The Beat, has decided to reprise some of the Devon Epps coverage from the ethereal pages of this blog. The editor of the...
Devon Epps: Scene of the Crime?
This lonely place is so close to the interstate, it’s not even an afterthought of a county planner’s pen. It’s like that space in your yard you forgot to landscape, shaded and covered in...
Devon Epps, Amanda Smith and the difficulties of reporting crime news
The pillow. The cops are testing the pillow. The Greenville News’ Paul Alongi greeted readers this morning with news that the Greenville County Sheriffs Office is testing the pillow that Amanda Smith says a...