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Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:51 am

Trial began Tuesday for the husband of a missing woman.

Glover Palmer Smith, 74, of Innsbrooke subdivision, was indicted on four counts of giving false information to Murfreesboro Police and fabricating evidence in the disappearance of his 69-year-old wife, Marcie, Dec. 6, 2007.

He was supposed to go to trial in January but the case was postponed because of an ongoing murder trial.

Marcie Smith, a diabetic who relies on insulin to live, disappeared in 2007. Her husband reported she left her home to shop for Christmas. She has not been located.

Her SUV was found Dec. 7, 2007 in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Rutherford Boulevard. Surveillance video showed a man removing a bicycle from the SUV and riding away.

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.

Murfreesboro Police Maj. Jim Gage talked to Palmer Smith Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, 2007. 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 Smith’s attorneys turned over a map about Marcie Smith’s possible location on the first anniversary of when she was reported missing. The origins of the map are unclear.

Murfreesboro Police and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents combed the woods in Lauderdale County near Ripley, Tenn., in search of Marcie Smith’s body but did not locate her.

Tagged under Crime, Marcie Smith, News, Palmer Smith, Trail

Member Opinions:

By: jeremytn on 4/22/10
I miss the real crime reporting they used to have with Lisa Marchesoni. This is a joke of a report on such a serious trial.
I guess its back to the DNJ sad day.

By: Boo on 5/14/10
I agree! I also miss Lisa. The Post should be renamed The Entertainment Rag. That is all they are printing these days.