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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