ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone.
Brian Steven Smith, 52, was convicted earlier this year in the deaths of the two women, narrating as he recorded one woman dying. That video was stored on a phone that was stolen from his pickup. The images were transferred to a memory card and later turned over to police by the person who took the phone.
Smith lied when he responded to questions on the naturalization application asking whether he had been involved in a killing or badly hurting or sexually assaulting someone, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Alaska said in a statement Friday.
Smith answered “no” to those questions, but prosecutors say he had committed the two murders that involved torture and sexual assault by the time he completed the application, officials said.
The Walking Dead star Tom Payne 'unexpectedly' welcomes TWINS with model wife Jennifer Akerman
Box office hit sparks boxing frenzy
China's porcelain capital attracts migratory foreign designers
Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem reach Tel Aviv Winner Tournament final
Emma Roberts keeps it casual in a hoodie and Dragon Ball Z t
Chinese university holds free feasts with 2.5 tonnes of fish
Scheffler turns the Masters into another Sunday yawner with a dominating win
Canton Fair opens in China with surge in overseas purchasers
Holistic pursuit of national security lays solid groundwork for China's rejuvenation cause
US sanctions fundraisers for extremist West Bank settlers who commit violence against Palestinians
Scientific herding improves yield, environment