JANUARY 11, 2023 BY MERRITT CLIFTON 2 COMMENTS

Did a deer hunter murder Goldie Smith? By accident, or was it a hit?

Right: Goldie Smith. (Beth Clifton collage)

Killed by arrow in deer hunting stronghold, but in mid-town

STEELTON, Pennsylvania––Imagine an avid archery deer hunter, a poacher actually, who spots a big buck in rut just before dawn on Chambers Hill, overlooking Steelton, Pennsylvania.

Leaving his pickup truck, the archer follows the buck down into town through several cemeteries and/or the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course, south to the bank of the Susquehanna River, looking for a safe place to shoot, field-dress the carcass, and retrieve the remains without being seen.

Goldie Smith, right; deer on Chambers Hill, left; bowhunter, bottom.
(Beth Clifton collage)

Spring Creek to the Susquehanna River

The most likely route to the river for a big buck in rut, old enough to be wary of being shot…