Amy Smith

Saturdays are very slow here, and normally it's a very quiet day.

My name is Amy Smith.

I'm the general manager here.

I started working at WJER as a senior in high school.

So my thought at that time does not go to she's been abducted or even worse.

It's a small town.

Things like that don't happen here.

Police called here and gave the official word that there was a search with neighbors and that they were desperately seeking this girl.

People, even strangers, were combing every square inch of the town looking for Devin.

She would be found in a field a block from her home.

Authorities say there are no blatant signs of trauma.

She was fully clothed.

I don't recall ever having heard about a child being murdered in New Philadelphia prior to that.

It was absolutely the last outcome that I expected.

Devon lived in this apartment with her mother and her brother.

Her body was found practically in their own backyard.

Searchers looking through a field found her over in that area, right where that yellow crime scene tape now marks the spot.

This whole town is grieving and hoping a killer is caught.

I worked as a photographer.

Just your typical life.