A 14-year-old Eric Smith listens as his lawyer cross examines a forensic psychiatrist in this August 11, 1994 photo where he was on trial for the murder of four-year-old Derrick Robie. Filpic: AP
Eric M. Smith told New York state parole officials who granted his release that he "became the bully I disliked” when at age 13 he lured a four-year-old boy into the woods, strangled him and beat him to death with a rock, according to a transcript of the hearing released Wednesday.
"When I had seen him the first thought I had was I want to hurt him,” Smith, now 41, said during his 11th and final parole hearing Oct 5 at the medium-security Woodbourne Correctional Facility in the United States.
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