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Inmate long suspected in Knox County murder takes stand in 2011 rape case

Larry Lee Smith, who grew up in South Knoxville, has been convicted in three attacks on women dating to 1981.
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Appalachian Unsolved: The girl in the woods

In April 1985, a child's skull was found in woods off a remote Campbell County road used by trucks hauling logs and coal from a strip mine.

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LISTEN: WBIR's 'Appalachian Unsolved' podcast

Listen to WBIR's Appalachian Unsolved - The Podcast and explore East Tennessee's infamous cold cases.
Crime

Appalachian Unsolved: Finding justice for a murdered young father

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the conviction of the person who shot and killed T.S. Thrasher Jr. in his home in 2014.
Crime

Appalachian Unsolved: The predator and the high school student

Larry Lee Smith has served time in three states for attacks on young women. Authorities think he also killed a Knoxville girl in 1987, but he's never been charged.