EP155: The Brutal Murder of Cherish Perrywinkle

A BIG "THANK YOU" TO PATREON SARAH and DANIELLE B!

Eight-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle was out shopping with her
mother, Rayne, on June 21, 2013, near Jacksonville, Florida. Rayne
was struggling financially when she thought she had been blessed by
a kind stranger, especially when that stranger told her that he and
his wife had a $100 gift card for Walmart to give to her and he
wanted her to buy whatever she needed. The kind stranger was Donald
James Smith--who wasn't kind at all. He was a lifelong child
predator, who fell through the cracks in the Florida prison system.
A month prior, Donald was still in prison, but on that fateful day
in June, he was out preying on another unsuspecting child. As the
evening wore on, Cherish and her two little sisters grew hungry,
and Donald offered to buy them cheeseburgers at the McDonald's that
was inside Walmart. Donald and Cherish went to get the
cheeseburgers, but instead, Donald led Cherish out of the store and
she was never seen alive again. Listen to this week's episode to
hear the story that even the medical examiner who performed
Cherish's autopsy had to take a break from during her testimony in
Donald's trial.

Episode written by Terra Bella

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Sources:
1) Court Records
2) https://allthatsinteresting.com/cherish-perrywinkle
3)
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/reflecting-on-the-cherish-perrywinkle-case/77-ce04e41a-3538-498a-83c8-ff1b8d6ea135

4)
https://news.wjct.org/first-coast/2022-01-24/u-s-supreme-court-turns-down-appeal-in-murder-of-8-year-old-cherish-perrywinkle

5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqopZUhtxnc
6)
https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/02/04/cherish-perrywinkle-the-case-that-shocked-jacksonville/

7)
https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/02/04/cherish-perrywinkle-the-case-that-shocked-jacksonville/

8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSyuMzlDw_Y&t=2121s
9) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOO76JJ5fR8&t=30s