Authorities Say They Believed Stephen Smith's Death Was a Homicide as Far Back as 2021

Authorities in South Carolina say they have believed Stephen Smith's 2015 death was a homicide as far back as 2021, according to a press release sent out Wednesday afternoon by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The release stated that on June 23, 2021, the agency opened an investigation into Smith's death — which was initially ruled a hit and run — after agents from SLED "received information about his death and subsequently reviewed" the case file from the South Carolina Highway Patrol. "From SCHP case notes it was apparent...