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| Susan Smith, convicted of killing her young sons, could be freed in 2024 |
| 2020-11-19 |
| [NYPOST] Monster mom Susan Smith, who killed her young sons in 1994 by driving into a South Carolina lake with the boys strapped in their car seats, could be a free woman in just four years. Smith, now 49, has recently been on her best behavior at the Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood after spending her first 20 years behind bars romping with prison guards, taking drugs and self-harming, according to People magazine and records. "She’s behaving herself these days," a prison source told the outlet. "She knows that her parole date is four years away and she can’t get parole if she isn’t being good." On Oct. 25, 1994, a 23-year-old Smith told police an armed black man stole her car and drove off with her two sons inside. For nine days, the teary-eyed mom would appear on national television, pleading for the safe return of her "babies." The nation reeled and prayed, transfixed by the horror Smith and her family were facing, but it turned out there was no carjacker. The only criminal involved was the mom herself. Before Smith made up the carjacking story to police, she drove aimlessly through the dark with her two sons — three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex — in the backseat while she was in the throes of a depressive, suicidal episode, police said at the time. She stopped off at John D. Long Lake in Union County and contemplated taking her life but ended up choosing her boys instead. Smith pulled up to a boat ramp, put the car into neutral, hopped outside and watched as the lake swallowed her two children. The boys were still strapped in their carseats and completely conscious when their family car turned into a watery coffin. When divers later pulled the car from the muck, a sodden teddy bear came out along with the two boys’ bloated corpses. It was said Smith decided to kill the boys because a boyfriend who’d recently dumped her wasn’t prepared for a "ready-made family" but to this day, Smith still claims she doesn’t know why she did it, she wasn’t in the right frame of mind and she adored her kids. The mom finally confessed to the crime when her story fell apart and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years, which will come too soon in November 2024. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 * same fate |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-11-19 06:53 |
| #1 Scum bag should be fitted with some cement shoes and dealt the same date as her innocent boys. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-11-19 06:52 |