On March 1, 1972, in Philadelphia, an 18-year-old Army private home on leave, William Eich Jr., borrowed his family’s orange 1972 Volkswagen station wagon to go to the movies. He picked up friends Karim O’Connor and Ricky Curry plus an acquaintance, Darryl Carter. The group bought beer and drank it at a local cemetery. O’Connor and Curry were dropped off, leaving Eich and Carter together.

Later that evening they picked up a hitchhiker identified as 23-year-old James Curtis Smith. The three drove to a secluded area called powerline road in Ruscombmanor Township. Between about 9:15 and 11:00 PM, Private Eich was beaten and sexually assaulted; his body was later found about thirty feet off a path, concealed in dense weeds.

Both Smith and Carter were arrested. James Curtis Smith was charged and convicted of second-degree murder, rape, indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, robbery, theft, and conspiracy, and received a life sentence. Details about Carter’s charges or convictions are not specified. Does anyone have further details about Carter’s role or court outcomes?