‘Sadistic executioner’ sentenced for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in front of her toddler daughter

Jermaine Mandley shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Maya Smith, in front of her 2-year-old daughter, prosecutors said. (Mug shot: Will County State

Jermaine Mandley shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Maya Smith, in front of her 2-year-old daughter, prosecutors said. (Mug shot: Will County State’s Attorney)

The “sadistic executioner” who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him is set to spend the rest of his days behind bars. Jermaine Mandley, 48, was sentenced on Monday to life in the Illinois prison system.

Prosecutors in Will County said he appeared in alleyway surveillance footage stepping out of a vehicle and opening fire at Maya Smith, 24.

“A surveillance video of the alley from the Southside Civic Club captured an individual exiting the front passenger door of the vehicle and standing in the doorway, facing the inside of the vehicle with the door still open,” they wrote. “The video captured what appeared to be muzzle flashes inside the vehicle. It then showed the individual shutting the vehicle’s door, running away, going back to the vehicle, and running again.”

Officers, responding to a call of a suspicious silver Nissan Rogue parked in the alley just after midnight on Jan. 8, found Smith dead inside the car, shot multiple times in the head and abdomen. Her 2-year-old daughter was in the back seat. Shell casings lay on the front passenger side of the vehicle.

The child sustained no apparent physical injury, cops said at the time.

Investigators found Mandley’s DNA on the passenger interior door handle, which was the same one the shooter exited on video.

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