Benjamin Bullard

A murdered mother, an online lover, and the violent pact to end an alleged cycle of childhood abuse.

Explaining the sensational case of a disabled Ukrainian adoptee — and the American family who claim she deceived them by lying about her age, and that she tried to hurt them. 

Pointing to mugshots and clues about the crimes themselves, observers have been drawing parallels between killings that occurred more than 40 years apart.

Eric Smith was 13 when he brutally killed 4-year-old Derrick Robie in a tiny village in rural New York. Now 43, he’s paroled and living in Queens.