Saturday, October 19, 2019

Emma Raine, Serial Black Widow – Louisiana, 2013


Emma Jean Raine (formerly Emma Evans and Emma Smith) has been married four times. In 2013 she was  convicted of the 2006 murder of husband number 2, Ernest Smith, and is suspected of murdering numbers 1 and 3. She was sentenced to life in prison on October 21, 2016.

She was once a tax preparer and has been prosecuted for insurance fraud and Federal tax fraud.

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Emma Jeane Raine, born 1964?
1994 – Leroy Evans, husband #1; paralyzed after a car accident and died from “choking” after his feeding tube was “mysteriously removed.”
Nov. 2005 – apparently with Ernests' knowledge Emma had increased his life insurance from $100,000 to $800,000 including a $10,000 benefit to his daughter.
Apr. 15, 2006 – Ernest Smith, 38, husband #2, dies; New Orleans, shot to death; Alfred “Terry” Everette, trigger-man. Fee: $10,000 (from $800,000 in insurance money).
2009 – Emma was given half of the now $834,988.74 from the life insurance.
Oct. 2011 – James Raine, 37, husband #3, dies; Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi.
2013? – Marries John W. Golston (husband #4), Grain Valley, Mo.
June 21, 2013 – arrest warrant issued for both Emma Raine and Alfred Everette.
Jul. 25, 2013 – Alfred T. Everette arrested.
2013 – Emma Raine arrested in Missouri on fraud charges. Extradited to Louisiana.
Aug. 1, 2013 – Emma Raine, 49, was booked in New Orleans on Aug. 1 on charges of first-degree murder of husband #2 (in 2006) and criminal conspiracy after being extradited from Jackson County earlier in the week.
Nov. 23, 2015 – Emma Jean Raine, 51, has pleaded not guilty to a 35-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
Aug. 12, 2016 – Emma Raine, 52, was convicted in August of second-degree murder in the killing of her second husband, 38-year-old Ernest Smith.
Oct. 21, 2016 – Emma sentenced to life in prison.
Feb. 11, 2017 – ordered to make restitution of $94,107.01 on a guilty plea involving false tax returns she prepared for clients in Gulfport and Poplarville.

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A comprehensive overview of the case:

[IndianaGirl22472, Emma Raine, True Crime Stories, Jun. 24, 2018]

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CHRONOLGY
1964(?) – Emma Jeane Raine, born.
1994 – Leroy Evans, husband #1; paralyzed after a car accident and died from “choking” after his feeding tube was “mysteriously removed.”
Nov. 2005 – apparently with Ernests' knowledge Emma had increased his life insurance from $100,000 to $800,000 including a $10,000 benefit to his daughter.
Apr. 15, 2006 – Ernest Smith, 38, husband #2, dies; New Orleans, shot to death; Alfred “Terry” Everette, trigger-man. Fee: $10,000 (from $800,000 in insurance money).
2009 – Emma was given half of the now $834,988.74 from the life insurance.
Oct. 2011 – James Raine, 37, husband #3, dies; Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi.
2013? – Marries John W. Golston (husband #4), Grain Valley, Mo.
June 21, 2013 – arrest warrant issued for both Emma Raine and Alfred Everette.
Jul. 25, 2013 – Alfred T. Everette arrested.
2013 – Emma Raine arrested in Missouri on fraud charges. Extradited to Louisiana.
Aug. 1, 2013 – Emma Raine, 49, was booked in New Orleans on Aug. 1 on charges of first-degree murder of husband #2 (in 2006) and criminal conspiracy after being extradited from Jackson County earlier in the week.
Nov. 23, 2015 – Emma Jean Raine, 51, has pleaded not guilty to a 35-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
Aug. 12, 2016 – Emma Raine, 52, was convicted in August of second-degree murder in the killing of her second husband, 38-year-old Ernest Smith.
Oct. 21, 2016 – Emma sentenced to life in prison.

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For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.

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