BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A prosecutor says a southwestern Illinois man tried to kill his wife and daughter by blowing up their house because the wife had been unfaithful.
BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A prosecutor says a southwestern Illinois man tried to kill his wife and daughter by blowing up their house because the wife had been unfaithful. Gary Smith’s trial on attempted first-degree murder and unlawful restraint charges began Monday in Belleville. Prosecutors say Smith bound his wife and detained her in the kitchen with their 5-year-old daughter in May 2008, then turned on the gas-powered stove. The wife and daughter fled unharmed moments before the house exploded with Smith inside. A prosecutor says Darlene Smith told the defendant the day before that she’d had an affair. The prosecutor says that when the wife returned home that night, Gary Smith told her, "You know tonight is the night you are going to die." ______ Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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