Susan Smith, nearing parole after murders of young sons, says she'd be 'good stepmom': report
The South Carolina woman gained notoriety in 1994 when she claimed a Black man took her kids, before admitting she sent car into lake with kids strapped in
By Christina Coulter Fox News
Published November 28, 2023 1:59pm EST
Notorious South Carolina inmate Susan Smith reportedly told one of several suitors that she would make a "good stepmom" as her first parole hearing approaches in her life sentence for drowning her two boys.
Smith, 52, also told her admirer on the recorded jailhouse phone call from Leath Correctional Institution last month that she "could see [herself] around kids," per transcripts obtained by The Messenger.
"You'd be great, babe," responded the suitor, one of more than half a dozen corresponding with Smith, the outlet reported.
Susan Smith, pictured in a recent mugshot at left, and when she was 22 in 1994 at right, has been incarcerated in South Carolina for nearly 30 years for murdering her two sons. (South Carolina Department of Corrections)
Per South Carolina Department of Corrections records, Smith began her 29-year sentence on Nov. 4, 1994, after she was convicted on two counts of murder in the deaths of sons Michael Daniel Smith, 3, and Alexander Tyler Smith, 14 months.
Initially, then-22-year-old Smith told investigators that a Black man had carjacked her while the two boys were still inside the car.
Days later, she wept alongside husband David Smith on national television, pleading for their safe return:
"Your mama loves you so much," she said during one news conference.
Michael Daniel Smith, 3, and his 14-month-old brother Alexander Tyler Smith, are shown in a family photo. Prosecutors argued that Smith drowned the two boys to garner the affections of an affair partner who didn't want kids – but Smith has long argued that she suffered a psychotic breakdown. (Reuters)
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