Stephan Smerk, now 53, told police that his compulsions drove him to break in and kill Robin Lawrence, 37, in the main bedroom of her Springfield, Virginia, home in 1994. He described himself as ...

Stephan Smerk, 53, was sentenced Friday in the Commonwealth of Virginia for killing Robin Warr Lawrence. In 1994, Smerk was an Army soldier at what is now the Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall in ...

Suddenly, Army soldier Stephan Smerk forced his way inside and stabbed the mom of one 49 times. The gut-wrenching case went cold for three decades, leaving Lawrence's family with so much pain and ...

Stephan Smerk was sentenced Friday in Fairfax, Virginia, for the 1994 killing of Robin Lawrence. Smerk was stationed at an Army base in Arlington at the time. He admitted that he left the base ...

NISKAYUNA — A 53-year-old Niskayuna man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving a 70-year sentence for murder in a decades-old cold case. Stephan Smerk confessed in ...