Columbus Man Pleads Guilty To Killing His Grandmother

A Columbus man convicted of killing his grandmother is awaiting sentencing. 35-year-old Timothy Smith pleaded guilty yesterday to involuntary manslaughter and other charges for the beating death of 77-year-old Doris Durette. Smith claimed Durette fell and hit her head in August at her Franklin Township home.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.