Monroe made the comments shortly after police took Smith to the Mecklenburg County jail, where he was booked on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Police said Smith was the last person to see Tanner, a teacher, before she disappeared. No one has been arrested in the case.
Smith was taken into custody last week in Chicago on the contributing to the delinquency charge, which police said relates to Tanner’s son. Smith spent the weekend in the Cook County Jail and then waived extradition to Charlotte during a court hearing Monday.
He was brought to Charlotte early Tuesday and apparently questioned by detectives before being taken to jail.
Smith was originally given a $100,000 bond for the misdemeanor charge. On Wednesday, his bond was reduced to $20,000. If he posts the bond, he will be placed on house arrest and electronic monitoring by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Read more here:
