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Live-in boyfriend indicted in ‘candy lady’ murder

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photo Frances “Prin Prin” Smith was fatally shot in her home at Emma Wheeler Homes housing development in June 2014.

A grand jury Wednesday indicted Cashman Perkins, 31, in connection with the June shooting death of Frances “Prin Prin” Smith.

A mother of five, Smith was known as the “candy lady” of the Emma Wheeler Homes, where she lived. Her body was discovered there in the early morning of June 8.

Perkins, her live-in boyfriend, was arrested in Mississippi a week after her murder.

He was indicted on charges of second degree murder, domestic aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon.

See tomorrow’s Times Free Press for details.