A Niagara County Grand Jury handed down an indictment against a Niagara Falls resident accused in connection with a July homicide.
William Smith, 64, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder along with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse for the death of 79-year-old Valerie Maye. Smith entered a plea of not guilty last week and was ordered held without bail while the case proceeds.
Authorities arrested Smith on the afternoon of July 7th only hours after officers discovered Maye’s body at the Niagara City Lofts on Portage Road. Law enforcement officials described the case as a “domestic incident.”…