Strangely, Smith began speaking in the third person about his crime: “It all adds up til it gets to the point where the individual cannot take anymore. After a while they may cope in a horrific way, take their emotional rage out on someone who had done nothing to bring on such violence, like Derrick [the first and last time Smith mentioned the child’s name]. Not because they’re evil or Satanic little kids. It’s because they want the abuse to stop and it’s the only way they know how to.” Smith doesn’t take ownership of his crime, referring to himself as if he was speaking for other people using terms such as the individual and they. Smith explained further, “those kids who do these crimes endure years of abuse whether at school, at home, or both. I had issues at home but I’m not going to talk about that.”