Crime & Justice

‘Vigilante Justice’: Nebraska Mom Fights to Free the Man Who Killed Her Son’s Molester

‘A PERFECT STORM OF THINGS’

Laura Smith spent years trying to warn people about the man who molested her late son. Then a middle school employee took matters into his own hands.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

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Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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