Ultimately, investigators determined the shooter was 15 year old Billy Flynn assisted by three teenaged friends. William Billy Flynn testified at Pamela Smarts murder trial in the death of Gregg Smart, saying he did it so they could be together, according to a Boston Globe article published March 23, 1991 following the trial. By: Dr. Laura Wilhelm, LauraWil Intercultural Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/8/15 - 47-year-old life prisoner Pamela Wojas Smart is once again in the news ever since William "Billy" Flynn, the triggerman in her husband Gregg Smart's murder, was paroled in March 2015. Smart was a 22-year-old teacher and Flynn was a 15-year-old student. Pamela Ann Smart is a convicted murderer who is serving her jail sentence without parole. On that day, Flynn and three of his friends planned and executed the murder of Gregg Smart, who was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. Pamela Smart: Killer Teacher Sent Lesbian Lover After Mother-In-Law The jury was not sequestered and the venue was not changed. The man who pulled the trigger in one of the most notorious murders in New Hampshire history was granted parole Thursday morning. The media latched on. In July 1990, Pierce wore a police-monitored body wire that recorded Pamela Smart's apparently telling Pierce to lie to investigators. 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[19], The specific reasons for Smart's transfer are unclear. Billy Flynn, killer of Pamela Smart's husband, granted parole The defendant advised Flynn that he and his accomplices should wear gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints and should ransack the apartment, taking away whatever they wanted as compensation. [31], While serving her sentence, Smart took part in a writer's workshop, which was facilitated by playwright Eve Ensler. https://t.co/QDjFbMpvl2, The News & Observer (@newsobserver) January 10, 2020. Smart sued in relation to her placement in solitary, but the lawsuit was dismissed. Pamela Smart Case: Teen Killer Billy Flynn Gets Parole - People 2016 Billy Flynn/Spouse. Days of Our Lives' Billy Flynn and His Wife Announce Their Pregnancy Smart, Flynn, who pulled the trigger, and his three friends were all convicted for their roles in the crime. She was previously married to Greg Smart. [40] He was released on June 4, 2015, on lifetime parole, the same day as co-conspirator Flynn's release and a few days past the 25th anniversary of Gregg Smart's death. ABC News interviewed Flynn in 1995 and asked him what he would ask Pamela Smart if he had the chance. Smart had high aspirations, according to a Boston Globe article from August 12, 1990. Hes avoided the limelight and kept a very private life, the outlet wrote. Smart, then aged 22, had conspired with her underaged boyfriend, then 15-year-old William "Billy" Flynn, and three of his friends to have Greggory (24) murdered in Derry, New Hampshire. Nearly three decades after the murder of her husband, Smart continues to profess her innocence. On May 1, 1990, he and 17-year-old Randall entered the Smarts' Derry condominium and forced Gregg Smart to his knees in the foyer. WARREN, MaineWilliam Flynn has a wife and teenage stepdaughter, is a member of the Jaycees and likes to play softball. [25] As a result of the beating, Smart takes medication for chronic pain and sometimes thinks of suicide. "I do feel a sense of responsibility to continually try to balance the scales that can't be balanced," Flynn said. When Gregg Smart walked in, Flynn and Randall said they jumped him and forced him to kneel down on the floor. She said that at the time, she was not really worried about it.. She admitted to seducing Flynn but said she didn't plan her husband's murder. In February 2018, Smarts legal team submitted a petition for her sentence to be commuted, including testimonials from people she knew in prison. The defendant drove Flynn back to Seabrook to meet them and then went to Winnacunnet High School to attend a meeting scheduled for that evening. C ecelia Pierce decided when she was 15 that she wanted to become a reporter, so she signed on as an intern with media coordinator Pamela Smart at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton.. Pierce, known now by her married name, Cecelia Blake, hasn't spoken publicly in two decades about the trial in which Smart was found guilty of orchestrating the murder of her husband, Gregg Smart, though she . Lattime provided his fathers .38 caliber revolver and his grandmothers car to transport the boys from Seabrook to the defendants Derry apartment. Gina Comparettom. In a scheme that Randall engaged in by holding a knife to Smart's throat, Smart was killed by William Flynn, the adolescent boyfriend of Smart's wife, Pamela. When Gregory came home, the boys forced him to his knees. Investigators were at a loss for how these high schoolers were connected to Pamela Smart. Pamela Smart. In her testimony, Smart acknowledged that she had what she termed an "affair" with the underaged boy, but claimed that the murder of her husband was solely the doing of Flynn and his friends as a reaction to her telling Flynn that she wished to end their "relationship" and repair her marriage. ", More: Portions of News 9's 2010 interview with Pamela Smart. Smart, 54, was convicted of being an accomplice to murder after she convinced . They set it up to make it look like a burglary. "I just hope you have learned some things from this epic mistake," he said. [43][44] He was paroled again in June 2005.[45]. William Flynn was 16 and known as "Billy" in 1990 when he and three friends participated in what prosecutors said was Smart's . Smart told 20/20 that she absolutely believes Flynn lied to get a lesser sentence. Feb. 13The New Hampshire Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to order the Executive Council to hold a hearing on Pamela Smart's petition to commute her sentence. They [Flynn and Randall] went there, and they broke into the place. [42] Fowler was paroled in 2003, 13 years after Gregg Smart's death, but was sent back to prison in 2004 for violating his parole terms. And thats what I had to do to be with Pame. The Smart family opposed the request. Pete said he held the guy's head while Bill shot him.. William 'Billy' Flynn, who shot dead Gregory Smart in New . She met and befriended William Flynn and Cecelia Pierce, two fifteen-year-old high school students from Seabrook, and they and other students worked together after school hours to produce an orange juice commercial for a contest. At the age of 13 in 1968, he shot Nora dead along with a client and was arrested, although got released in 1973 once he turned 18 due to him being a juvenile offender. Pamela Smart, who was 22 when her husband was killed, is serving life in prison without the chance of parole. Her goal was to become the next Barbara Walters and work for 20/20. [9], On August 1, 1990, Detective Daniel Pelletier approached Pamela in her school's parking lot. Pamela Smart: The Rise and Fall of the Smart Marriage - Us Weekly Daytime star's family is about to get bigger by one. She was 23 years old at the time. The man who pulled the trigger in the Pamela Smart case was granted parole on Thursday after 25 years in prison. Pamela Smart Seeks Mercy in 1990 Case of Her Husband's Killing - The