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On August 22, 1991, 11-year-old
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Alaskan Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA). In 2000, it regained its status as a census-designated place (CDP). The former CDP of
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Smithart's conviction, ruling that the lower court improperly denied his defense counsel the right to assert that prosecution witness Dave DeForest had committed the crime. All charges were automatically dismissed in 2000, after Smithart died of
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Smithart driving near Mandy's house on the day she went missing. Police and forensic investigators found considerable
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Smithart's truck that suggested Mandy's presence in the vehicle, and learned from Smithart's eldest daughter that he had raped her and her sisters when they were Lemaire's age.
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