Benjamin Smith
- Gender
- M
- Race
- Black
#881-Smith-18Tier-2 extracted
Benjamin Smith
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Jan 1, 1979
Recovery location
Columbus, OH
Coordinates
39.9600, -82.9745
Days open
17,323
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedMr. Smith was found with two gun shot wounds: One to his side and the other to his head. Seventy nine year old Benjamin Smith was pronounced D.O.A.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfirearm
Location not mentioned in case file
Dateuncertain
Addressuncertain
Age79
GenderM
About these fields →qwen3:14b · 6/2/2026
Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 39.9600
- Longitude
- -82.9745
- Precision
- Landmark
- Address
- Kendall south of Bryden
Possibly related cases (5)
Top 5Only the weapon dimension is available for this case — correlations score on one MO dimension plus demographics.
- Guy JonesColumbus, OH · 1995weapon (firearm) · gender (M) · race (Black) — 0 mi, 16 yr apart2.0 / 3.5
- Terry HodgeColumbus, OH · 1994weapon (firearm) · gender (M) · race (Black) — 0 mi, 15 yr apart2.0 / 3.5
- Roosevelt WellsColumbus, OH · 1982weapon (firearm) · gender (M) · race (Black) — 0 mi, 3 yr apart2.0 / 3.5
- Linear WebbColumbus, OH · 1992weapon (firearm) · gender (M) · race (Black) — 0 mi, 13 yr apart2.0 / 3.5
- Anthony WitcherColumbus, OH · 1980weapon (firearm) · gender (M) · race (Black) — 0 mi, 1 yr apart2.0 / 3.5
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