Now ain’t this some mess…A registered sex offender recently released from jail was charged Saturday with murder and the death of an 8-year-old Florida girl abducted while shopping with her mother.
Donald James Smith of Jacksonville was taken into custody after police cornered his white van on Interstate 95. SMH Read more after the jump……..
Authorities had put out an Amber Alert with details of Smith’s van early Saturday, hours after receiving a 911 call from Charish Perriwinkle’s mother about the missing girl. Prior to the alleged abduction Friday night, Smith, 56, befriended the little girl and her mother at a dollar store, and “offered to take them to Wal-Mart and buy her family some clothes.” After spending a couple hours inside the Wal-Mart together, Smith offered to buy hamburgers and walked with Charish to the front of the store, Williams said. Instead of stopping to buy the snack, Smith walked Charish outside and the two of them got into his van.
