Army veteran Stephan Smerk, 53, pleaded guilty in October to the 1994 stabbing death of 37-year-old Robin Lawrence, who was home alone with her 2-year-old. Lawrence's murder went unsolved for ...

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 ...

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 ...

She's gone; she's murdered,” said Lauren. Robin’s case went cold for 30 years until 2023, when advanced DNA testing led detectives to Stephan Smerk. He lived in Niskayuna at the time of the ...

Stephan Smerk of Niskayuna was sentenced Friday to life in prison with all but 70 years suspended, the Office of the Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney said in a news release. The 53-year-old ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (NEWS10) — The Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced on Friday that 53-year-old Stephan Smerk was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the 1994 murder of ...

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 ...