 The remaining 28 years were for other charges like sexual assault and tampering with evidence. Alaska does not have the death penalty. Smith, a native of South Africa who became a naturalized US citizen shortly before torturing and killing Henry at an Anchorage hotel in September of 2019, showed no emotion during the sentencing. Smith was arrested in 2019 when a sex worker stole his cell phone from his truck and found the gruesome footage of Henry's torture and murder.