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By Steve Huff in homicide, serial killers
Saturday, Sep. 27 2008 @ 12:05PM

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On Thursday night, police in Jacksonville, Arkansas arrested a 33-year-old laborer named George Alan Smith. Smith has been charged with murder. The alleged victim was a still-unidentified woman whose remains were discovered earlier in the week in a wooded area, not far from Smith's place of employment, Wright's Cabinets.

sks.jpgArkansas authorities believe Smith may be connected to as many as 15 other homicides in several states. They say they aren't done with their investigation, either.

As for Smith, his sister says, "He was set up." She believes he was set up by an unidentified inmate currently being held in Faulkner County, AR. That man, according to Smith's sister, Tiffany Stephenson, "is a suspect."

The unnamed inmate may be a suspect in a double-murder in Vilonia, AR. George Alan Smith was slated to testify for the prosecution in that case.

The Associated Press reported today that Smith's prior convictions were for "third-degree domestic battery, carrying a weapon and fleeing from police." The AP also stated that Smith's arrest came after investigators discovered what they think may have been the murder weapon in the case of the unidentified woman found in the industrial park.

It isn't clear as to what Smith's "involvement" in "at least a dozen" other homicides in other states may have been, but when reading of so many unsolved murders in several states being potentially attributed to one man, the serial killer question must be asked. Any guesses as to what's really up here are welcome in the comments. Remember -- at the moment, police have only said that Smith may be "involved" in the murders. This leaves open the possibility of contract killings, gang-related murders, and yes, serial crimes.

[KATV.com, ArkansasOnline.com and WXVT.com.]