Tags: Criminal.
William Henry Smith (October 28 1957 – March 8 2005) was executed by the state of Ohio for the rape and murder of 45-year-old Mary Virginia Bradford of Cincinnati Ohio that occurred on September 26 1987. Smith and Bradford were seen talking and dancing together at a local bar where they were both regulars. They left the bar at different times on the night of September 26. On the following day Bradford’s boyfriend became concerned because he had not seen her that day.