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By: Lisa Marchesoni

Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 3:42 pm

Attorneys for a man indicted for giving false information in his wife’s disappearance want more information on the case.

Attorney Libbi Snider, who represents Glover Palmer Smith, said she wanted a bill of particulars from prosecutors about the charges against the client she represents with attorney John Norton of Shelbyville.

Smith, 73, of 406 Village Green Circle, was indicted in March with four counts of giving false information to Murfreesboro Police detectives and one count of fabricating a vehicle as evidence.

A plea was scheduled in Circuit Court Monday but Snider asked to continue the case until June 29 so she and Norton could review more details about the case.

Smith reported wife Marsilene “Marcie” Smith, 69, missing Dec. 6, 2007. She is a diabetic who requires insulin to live. She disappeared after her husband told police she left to shop for Christmas gifts.

Marcie Smith’s SUV was found the next day at Wal-Mart on Rutherford Boulevard. Store videotape showed a man getting a bicycle out of her SUV and riding away. The person on the bicycle has not been identified.

The fabricating evidence indictment accused Smith of using a vehicle with knowledge of its falsity to affect the outcome of an investigation. The fabricating evidence charge allegedly occurred the same day his wife’s SUV was found at Wal-Mart.

Regarding the false reports indictments, Smith was accused of making two statements to Murfreesboro Police Officer Bobby Edwards about incidents that didn’t occur the day the husband reported his wife’s disappearance.

Detective Maj. Jim Gage talked to Palmer Smith Dec. 7 and Dec. 8. The indictments accused Palmer Smith of answering Gage’s questions falsely about a material fact “with the intent to obstruct or hinder the officer from preventing the offense or incident from continuing to occur.”

Palmer remains free on bond.

Tagged under Detective Maj. Jim Gage, Marcie Smith, Palmer Smith

Member Opinions:

By: Farmall on 5/19/09
He is 73, all he has to do is act old. In the words of Ronald Reagan "I fail to recall". Good luck barking up this tree.