NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It was more than seven years from the time Ernest Smith, 38, died outside his New Orleans home in the spring of 2006 until his widow was arrested and charged in his death, but she had been on police radar early on. 
 
 "Please be advised that the beneficiary, Emma Smith, wife of the deceased, cannot be ruled out as a suspect in the death of Ernest Smith," a New Orleans detective wrote to an insurance investigation company in a July 12, 2006, letter. 
 
 By the time Emma Smith was arrested in that case in 2013, she had a new name, Emma Raine, and was, again, a widow. Her third husband, James Raine, 37, was shot to death at the couple's Pearl River County, Mississippi, home in 2011. 
 
 Emma Raine was out of town at the time, but authorities still had suspicions. 
 
 "She is a suspect in that James Raine case," Pearl River County Sheriff David Allison said in a 2015 interview. 
 
 "And through investigating that case we were able to get some information that New Orleans needed and passed it on to them," Allison added. 
 
 No arrests have been reported in James Raine's death. Emma Raines has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Ernest Smith. Jury selection began Tuesday and opening statements could begin Wednesday in New Orleans. Conviction would mean a mandatory life sentence for the 52-year-old woman. 
 
 Court documents and testimony in an earlier trial make clear that James Raine was also under suspicion in Ernest Smith's death. His adoptive brother, Alfred T. Everette, was charged with being the trigger man in Smith's death. He was convicted of second-degree murder late last year after prosecutors said he had been promised — by James and Emma Raine — $10,000 from an $800,000 life insurance benefit. His appeal is pending at the state Supreme Court. 
 
 Jurors may also hear testimony about the death of Emma Raine's first husband, Leroy Evans, who died while hospitalized in 1994 after having been hit by a car. No arrests were ever reported in that case but, during Everette's trial, prosecutors said the death was suspicious. ||||| A jury convicted Alfred “Terry” Everette for the murder of a New Orleans pastor in 2006. And the woman that the prosecution says ordered the hit is due on trial sometime in 2015. According to Nola, Alfred “Terry” Everette, of Mississippi, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Pastor Ernest Smith. Authorities say that the pastor’s wife, Emma Raines, agreed to pay Everette $100,000 for the hit. 
 
 The case is like something out of a movie. Pastor Ernest Smith’s death is one of three dead men who were connected to Emma Raines. Raines has not been convicted in any of the deaths as of now. The prosecution asserts that Emma Raines hired hitman Terry Everette to murder Smith outside his home in New Orleans back in 2006. 
 
 Court records show that Everett waited for the clergyman to arrive at his home at 11:30 p.m. As the victim tried to walk toward his front door, Everette got out of his vehicle and shot the man in the torso two times. The fallen pastor tried to make it inside his house, where Emma Raines was waiting, but he dropped dead before he could reach help. 
 
 Police say she most likely witnessed the man’s shooting death and called a friend, instead of calling 911. Back then, the case did not garner much media attention, and quickly went cold. According to the Miami Herald, no one else witnessed the shooting because his home was one of the few houses that survived hurricane Katrina, leaving few neighbors. 
 
 The case broke wide open in 2011, after family members say Alfred “Terry” Everette told them that he killed the pastor all those years ago at the request of Emma Raines. Everette’s family demanded answers from Everette because they were suspicious of Emma Raines. 
 
 Here is a list of victims that are connected to Emma Raines, whom police and prosecutors call the “black widow.” 
 
 Leroy Evans: Emma Raines’ first husband, who died while choking after his feeding tube was mysteriously removed. 
 
 Pastor Ernest Smith: Emma Raines’ second husband, who died outside his home in New Orleans. 
 
 James Raines: Emma Raines’ third husband, who died in his home while Emma Raines was out of town. James Raines was secretly dating Emma when she was a pastor’s wife. 
 
 Emma Raines never paid the money to convicted killer Alfred “Terry” Everette, but allowed him to live in her lavish home that she paid for with the insurance payout she received for Ernest Smith’s death. 
 
 Prosecutors say that is how Emma Raines made her living by killing the men in her life and collecting the insurance money. The case is similar to African-American black widow Josephine Gray. Last month, Inquisitr reported on the case of Japanese black widow Chisako Kakehi. 
 
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– Emma Raine either has the worst luck with men, or she's—as prosecutors suggest—a "serial husband killer" and "black widow." The 52-year-old woman, widowed three times, face charges of second-degree murder in the death of her second husband, Ernest Smith, shot to death in Louisiana in 2006 by a man allegedly hired by Raine so she could benefit from an $800,000 life insurance policy, reports the AP. It's a twisted tale: Prosecutors say the man who pulled the trigger—Alfred Everette, convicted of murder in 2014—was promised a cut of the insurance money from Raine and her future third husband, James Raine, before James' own murder in Mississippi in 2011. Police say Emma Raine is also a suspect in that case, though no charges have been laid. Raine has pleaded not guilty in Smith's death and faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted. The trial could begin as soon as Wednesday. Police allege Raine hired Everette, James Raine's adoptive brother, to shoot Smith, 38, outside his New Orleans home. Police say his wife was likely inside and witnessed the shooting, but called a friend instead of 911, per the Inquisitr. James Raine was similarly shot inside his home in 2011 while his wife was apparently out of town. During Everette's trial, prosecutors also described the death of Raine's first husband, Leroy Evans, in 1994 as suspicious. Hospitalized after being hit by a car, he reportedly choked after his feeding tube was somehow removed, reports the Sun Herald. (This woman has seven dead lovers.)