Indiana man wanted for capital murder in Mobile extradited back
He also was wanted in Indiana for a federal bond violation on a federal drug charge in Fort Wayne
UPDATE: During a court appearance Monday morning in Mobile, Joshua Smiley not guilty to murder charges stemming from the 2021 shooting death of a 29-year-old man that reportedly happened in the presence of a child.
Smiley is scheduled to appear back in court in January.
Alabama prosecutors have filed a motion not to seek the death penalty in the case.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - An Indiana man, once on the U.S. Marshals most wanted list, is back in Mobile.
Mobile murder suspect on U.S. Marshals Service’s 15 Most Wanted list arrested in Indiana
Joshua Smiley has been indicted on charges of capital murder.
The indictment is in connection to a 2021 shooting in Mobile that killed 29-year-old Dillon Crum.
Smiley was extradited to Mobile last week from Indiana and is currently in Metro Jail.
Smiley was placed on Mobile’s most wanted list in 2021.
Mobile police responded to a home on Amsterdam Street on Aug. 13, 2021, where investigators say they found Crum dead inside.
It wasn’t until almost two years later Smiley was captured, hundreds of miles away.
Smiley was added to the U.S. Marshals Service’s 15 most wanted list in June of 2023.
Seven days later he was apprehended.
He also was wanted in Indiana for a federal bond violation on a federal drug charge in Fort Wayne.
In addition, Smiley was convicted for his role in a fatal 2018 shooting in Fort Wayne.
He received a five-year prison sentence, with two years suspended.
Smiley is scheduled for an arraignment Monday morning.
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