The other victims
On Wednesday of this week, John Clayton Smith was executed by lethal injection for the 1997 deaths of Brandie Kearns and Wayne Hoewing in northeast Missouri. Following the execution, family member of Smith's victims spoke at a news conference at the prison in Potosi, Missouri. The first woman to talk is Bridie Brooks, the sister of Brandi Kearns, the woman murdered on July 5th, 1997, for which John Clayton Smith was executed. Later in the news conference Scott Hoewing, the oldest son of Wayne Hoewing, also murdered that night, and his sister Amy Hoewing Bringer. The news conference audio runs about 15 minutes.






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