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Naomi Louise Smith (4 March 1980 – 14 September 1995) was a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Ansley Common near Nuneaton in England. On the evening of 14 September 1995, Smith left her home to post a letter for her mother at a local post box. When she failed to return, her father Brian Smith and her best friend Emma Jones went out to look for her. Just before midnight, they discovered her body lying beneath the children's slide of a local playground just a few hundred metres from her home. Her throat had been cut and she had been sexually assaulted.〔 Edwin Hopkins, 20, was found guilty of the murder in January 1997 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years. ==Background== Naomi Louise Smith was born in Coventry, the daughter of Brian and Catherine Smith. She lived in Bretts Hall Estate, in the village of Ansley Common located on the outskirts of Nuneaton〔 and attended Hartshill school. Her parents described her as a normal teenage girl who was quite shy and lacked confidence. She was described locally as a quiet girl who liked music and gymnastics. During the day of 14 September 1995, Naomi had been with her best friend Emma Jones at the rehearsals of a local marching band in which Emma played the xylophone.〔 After the rehearsals Naomi had been dropped off outside her home and was seen to walk inside. Naomi left her home at approximately 9.45pm during the same evening to post a letter to a catalogue company for her mother Catherine. The post box was located about 200 yards from her home on the main road through Ansley Common. She was wearing jeans, a dark blue polo neck jumper with an old white Aran-style jumper. She was also wearing a bomber-style jacket with the words Chicago Fire Department on the front and BACKDRAFT written on the back. At around 11.15pm when she failed to return home, Naomi's father Brian Smith who worked as a local taxi driver went out in his car to look for her. Mr. Smith drove to the house of Naomi's best friend, Emma Jones, to see if she was there, but when she wasn't found Emma joined the search. Shortly before midnight as they drove into the car park of the local recreation ground, Naomi's body was discovered underneath the children's slide of the playground.〔 A post mortem examination carried out later revealed that she had been sexually assaulted, her throat had been cut and her body had been mutilated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murder of Naomi Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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