Sex Tape Bait

On the night of Sunday 30 September 1990, 22-year-old Julie Spencer left her mother's house in the Port Penn area of New Castle County, Delaware, with her roller skates over her shoulder. She told her mother, Susan Spencer, that she was going to the Christiana Skating Center on Christiana Road, where she skated about once a week. She never arrived. She was five foot tall, weighed 110 pounds, worked as a dental assistant and had graduated from William Penn High School in 1987 and from Delaware Technical and Community College in 1988. Her life was orderly and her hobby was skating.

details of the account remain covered until revealed Their relationship had lasted about three years, had been stormy throughout, and had ended in January 1990. He was a shade tree mechanic and occasional truck driver. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Later he threatened consequences if she dated anyone else. He had also, while they were together, made a videotape of the two of them having sex without her knowledge.

On Saturday 29 September Julie was at her house with her boyfriend Kevin Shantz, who was stationed at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, babysitting her niece. Her friends Vicki Cunningham and Tom Craft were there too. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed He wanted to meet her on Sunday to give it back.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it At seven she left home, hugged her mother and said she would perhaps stop at a friend's house before the rink opened at eight. Her mother woke in the night, noticed Julie was not home and worried, because Julie had never stayed out all night without telling her.

On Monday 1 October Julie did not appear at the dental office. When Susan called, the office said they had been about to call her. That evening at about 9.45 the police found Julie's white 1987 Ford Escort in the parking lot behind the Christiana Mall, about a mile from the skating centre. Nobody at the rink could remember seeing her there.

this part of the story is covered for now On 3 October he was interviewed again, this time with his lawyer, Daryl Baker, present throughout. On 5 October Susan Spencer told the newspaper that she feared something really bad had happened.

On 6 October a motorist making a U-turn about half a mile from Port Penn saw what looked like fabric at the side of the road and called the state police. Julie's body was in a marshy area at Augustine Beach, near the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, badly decomposed. Dental records identified her. She was fully clothed.

details of the account remain covered until revealed Smith first gave him an alibi, saying they had been at a restaurant together. Under pressure he changed his account. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Julie came over and they argued, moving in and out of the house and back again. In the garage he pointed her attention to a trophy on top of a toolbox. While she looked up he put speaker wire around her neck and pulled her to the floor and onto the carpet, holding on until she stopped moving. He said he could not have her, so nobody could. He wrapped the body and took it to the marshy area near the canal. There were also blunt force injuries, and the car parts may have been used to hit her.

this part of the story is covered for now Police found a letter from him in Julie's room. details of the account remain covered until revealed His lawyers fought to suppress Julie's statements to friends about her fear of him and about the meeting, and to suppress his videotaped interview.

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