Amongst all the headline news this summer, an important story was overlooked. In May, 19-year-old Isimemen Etute was found not guilty of murdering 40-year-old Jerry Smith. The details of the case are: The two met on Tinder and met, and Smith performed oral sex on Etute. Etute later returned to Smith’s home and beat him to death.
Why, you might ask?
Because, as Etute discovered, there was, ahem, more than met the eye. Smith had posed on Tinder as a 21-year-old female physician named Angie, which is why Tinder “matched” him with Etute (18-years-old at the time). After the sexual encounter (conducted in complete darkness at Smith’s insistence), Etute became suspicious. He returned to Smith’s home to determine whether or not Smith was actually female. Smith invited Etute inside, but again under cover of complete darkness. At that time, Etute used his cell phone flashlight to illuminate Smith and, to his horror, discovered Smith was a man. A physical fight ensued. Etute punched Smith several times and fled the area. He realized he had killed Smith only after police investigators told him. Etute told them that he fought Smith because Smith was reaching for a weapon. Investigators did find a knife under Smith’s mattress…
