What is Eric Smith (murderer)?
{{Infobox murderer | image = <!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See [[WP:NONFREE]]. --> | name = Eric Smith | birthname = Eric M. Hevner | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|1|22|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | sentence = Nine years to [[Life imprisonment in the United States|life in prison]] (paroled in 2022) | conviction = [[Murder in New York law#Second-degree murder|Second-degree murder]] | motive = [[Bullying]], [[Child abuse|childhood abuse]] | conviction_status = Released on [[parole]] | occupation = | spouse = | parents = Randy Hevner (father)<br>Tammy Wilson (mother) | children = | fatalities = 1 (Derrick) | victims = Derrick Joseph Robie, aged 4 | date = August 2, 1993 | locations = [[Savona, New York]] }} '''Eric M. Smith''' (born January 22, 1980) is an American murderer who, at the age of thirteen, kidnapped, tortured, sexually abused and murdered a four-year-old boy named '''Derrick Joseph Robie''' (October 2, 1988 - August 2, 1993) in [[Savona, New York]], on August 2, 1993. == Early life == Eric was born on January 22, 1980. His father, Randy Hevner, abandoned his family shortly after his birth. However, he temporarily came back and had another child, Holly, with Smith's mother, Tammy, 1 year after his birth. He abandoned his family shortly after again. Tammy then met a man named Ted and married him. Eric had once set his kitchen on fire when he was 3. At age 4, he started thinking about girls in a sexual way. From age 5 to 11, Smith used to wet his bed. At school, he was bullied almost every day, including a incident where a boy threw Smith's stuff at the ground and told him to pick it up. At home, his stepfather yelled and spanked him and his sisters, even in public. This caused Eric to develop mental health issues and problems to control his anger. Smith had a history of killing animals, such as shooting at birds with a BB gun, gutting animals, throwing rocks at frogs, and a incident where