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Evil Lives Here on ID: How did Linda Smith die?

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Robert Young

Updated on January 27, 2026

Linda Smith, a 61-year-old enrolled medical caretaker and grandma, was found choked and choked inside her home in Osnaburg Municipality, Ohio, in December 2009. Smith’s body was found during a government assistance check mentioned by her concerned girl after she neglected to reach out to her.

The case stayed perplexing for a couple of years until DNA proof gathered from the crime location guided examiners to Kenneth Roth, an indicted criminal with a broad crook foundation. Roth was functioning as a jack of all trades for the casualty at the hour of the killing and was subsequently seen as liable.

Underhanded Lives Here on ID narratives the ruthless homicide of Linda Smith in an episode named No one Trusted Me.

“At the point when Matt Roth is only a kid, his stepfather brings him along on jack of all trades occupations; he assumes he is only there to help his father, however he doesn’t understand he is strolling into the locations of severe homicides.”

Born in Canton, Linda Smith procured her nursing degree in 1969 and filled in as an enlisted nurture for around forty years. She was likewise the mother of two kids, a grandma, and lived with her pet canine in Osnaburg Municipality. Her alienated spouse Craig Smith wasn’t living with her, yet the two were presently compromise and had been dating for some time.

Be that as it may, in December 2009, specialists found Smith dead in her Plantation View Drive Southeast house. She was found lying face down on the bed with her jeans pulled down to her lower legs during a government assistance check mentioned by her girl, who hadn’t had the option to reach out to her for quite a long time. She was additionally choked with her arms despite her good faith. The medical attendant was choked to death with her clothing on December 9.

While examining the crime location, specialists tracked down no indications of constrained section, however her home was in finished chaos. Nonetheless, the examination halted because of an absence of huge proof and possible leads until 2013, when the sheriff’s specialization sought after the homicide case by and by. They then associated a jack of all trades named Kenneth Roth to the killing utilizing YSTRA DNA tracked down on the casualty’s clothing.
Reports express that Kenneth Roth additionally conceded to being available at Linda Smith’s home the day she was killed. The 61-year-old recruited him to assist with undertakings like moving furnishings and yard work. He additionally offered conflicting expressions to the specialists during the years-long examination. He had a crook foundation and was sentenced for homicide and s*xual attack previously.

At the hour of the killing, Roth was a nearby occupant who performed random temp jobs for individuals locally who recruited him and was at that point spending time in jail in jail for the ownership of a weapon. He was indicted in 2017, almost nine years after the fact, and condemned to life in jail without the chance of parole.

ID’s Malicious Lives Here will reveal more insight into Linda Smith’s case this Sunday.