Joshlin's grandmother Amanda Smith-Daniels was in court for the sentencing hearing. Smith was initially a figure of sympathy when her child disappeared, sparking a massive nationwide search operation.

a devastated Amanda Smith-Daniels, asked her daughter in her victim statement on Wednesday. She now looks after Smith's oldest child and the youngest stays with her father.

Amanda Smith came out as gay when she was 19, breaking away from her conservative Mormon upbringing and finding freedom in ...

Smith, 35, and her accomplices ... Ahead of sentencing, Joshlin's grandmother, Amanda Smith-Daniels, once again pleaded with her daughter to "bring my [grand]child back or tell me where she is".

Joslin Smith, aged six, is still missing. Picture: Facebook Executive Mayor Andrè Truter Racquel "Kelly" Smith emotionlessly listens to proceedings in court. Picture: Getty Joshlin's grandmother, ...

Racquel 'Kelly' Smith and her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis have been sentenced to life in jail following a six week trial that heard six-year-old Joshlin Smith had been sold to a traditional healer ...

Amanda Smith is an accomplished writer and culture journalist. Her ability to hold a mirror up to society, to see both the malaise and majesty, has led to assignments with highly respected titles ...