NISKAYUNA — A 53-year-old Niskayuna man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving a 70-year sentence for murder in a decades-old cold case. Stephan Smerk confessed in ...

More than three decades after a young mother was stabbed to death in her Springfield, Virginia, home while her toddler was nearby in her crib, justice finally has arrived for her family.

Stephan Smerk, 53, was sentenced Friday in the Commonwealth of Virginia for killing Robin Warr Lawrence. In 1994, Smerk was an Army soldier at what is now the Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall in ...

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Stephen Smerk confessed to stabbing 37-year-old Robin Lawrence to death inside her Springfield home. The case went cold for decades, but Smerk was identified as the suspect through DNA in 2023.

Stephan Smerk was sentenced Friday in Fairfax, Virginia, for the 1994 killing of Robin Lawrence. Smerk was stationed at an Army base in Arlington at the time. He admitted that he left the base ...

Suddenly, Army soldier Stephan Smerk forced his way inside and stabbed the mom of one 49 times. The gut-wrenching case went cold for three decades, leaving Lawrence's family with so much pain and ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 On Friday, Smerk apologized for his crime, saying he hoped his sentencing would bring the family some closure.

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