Missing Va. Girl, Suspect Found in San Francisco

Brittany Mae Smith, the 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week, was found unharmed on Dec. 10, 2010 after she and the man accused in her abduction were spotted panhandling in San Francisco, according to county officials.

Brittany has since been in touch with her family in Virginia, while Jeffrey Scott Easley, 32, was in police custody in San Francisco, Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said at a news conference. The two hadn't been seen since Dec. 3, when they were captured on store surveillance video at a Walmart in Salem, about five miles from Roanoke, Va.

The girl's mother and Easley's girlfriend, Tina Smith, was found dead on Dec. 6 in their home in southwestern Virginia. The cause of death has not been released but police consider it a homicide.

Brittany Mae Smith, the 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week, was found unharmed on Dec. 10, 2010 after she and the man accused in her abduction were spotted panhandling in San Francisco, according to county officials.

Roanoke County spokeswoman Teresa Hamilton Hall says Brittany may be with Jeffrey Scott Easley, a friend of Brittany's mother, Tina Smith, who may have lived in the home until recently. According to CBS affiliate WDBJ, authorities were called to the home in Salem after the mother failed to show up for work. Investigators say the 41-year-old mother's death is being investigated as a possible homicide. An autopsy is expected Tuesday. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Roanoke County Police Department at 540-562-3265 or the Virginia State Police at 800-822-4453.

The girl's mother and Easley's girlfriend, Tina Smith, was found dead on Dec. 6 in their home in southwestern Virginia. The cause of death has not been released but police consider it a homicide.

Brittany Mae Smith, the 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week, was found unharmed on Dec. 10, 2010 after she and the man accused in her abduction were spotted panhandling in San Francisco, according to county officials.

Brittany has since been in touch with her family in Virginia, while Jeffrey Scott Easley, 32, was in police custody in San Francisco, Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said at a news conference. The two hadn't been seen since Dec. 3, when they were captured on store surveillance video at a Walmart in Salem, about five miles from Roanoke, Va.

The girl's mother and Easley's girlfriend, Tina Smith, was found dead on Dec. 6 in their home in southwestern Virginia. The cause of death has not been released but police consider it a homicide.

Brittany Mae Smith, the 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week, was found unharmed on Dec. 10, 2010 after she and the man accused in her abduction were spotted panhandling in San Francisco, according to county officials.

Brittany has since been in touch with her family in Virginia, while Jeffrey Scott Easley, 32, was in police custody in San Francisco, Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said at a news conference. The two hadn't been seen since Dec. 3, when they were captured on store surveillance video at a Walmart in Salem, about five miles from Roanoke, Va.

The girl's mother and Easley's girlfriend, Tina Smith, was found dead on Dec. 6 in their home in southwestern Virginia. The cause of death has not been released but police consider it a homicide.

Brittany Mae Smith, the 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week, was found unharmed on Dec. 10, 2010 after she and the man accused in her abduction were spotted panhandling in San Francisco, according to county officials.

Brittany has since been in touch with her family in Virginia, while Jeffrey Scott Easley, 32, was in police custody in San Francisco, Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said at a news conference. The two hadn't been seen since Dec. 3, when they were captured on store surveillance video at a Walmart in Salem, about five miles from Roanoke, Va.

The girl's mother and Easley's girlfriend, Tina Smith, was found dead on Dec. 6 in their home in southwestern Virginia. The cause of death has not been released but police consider it a homicide.