Susan Smith faces second parole hearing 32 years after drowning sons

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 15:31 · Archive

Susan Smith will face a parole board on 19 November, her second hearing since becoming eligible, 32 years after drowning her two sons in a South Carolina lake.

Susan Smith will face the parole board on 19 November, her second hearing since becoming eligible. This comes 32 years after she drowned her two sons in John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina.

Smith strapped her sons, 14-month-old Alex and 3-year-old Michael, into her car and let it roll into the lake. She initially told investigators that a stranger had stolen her car with the children inside. Days later, she confessed to the crime. Divers found the car at the bottom of the lake with both boys still inside.

Smith was denied parole in 2024 at her first hearing after becoming eligible.

How it is being reported

• Susan Smith set for parole hearing 32 years after drowning sons in Upstate lakeMore than three decades after she drowned her two sons in an Upstate lake, Susan Smith will go before the parole board again in November.Live5News · 26 Oct, 12:27
• Susan Smith set for parole hearing 32 years after drowning sons in Upstate lakeMore than three decades after she drowned her two sons in an Upstate lake, Susan Smith will go before the parole board again in November.WISTV · 26 Oct, 12:27

In this story: Susan Smith · Alex Smith · Michael Smith · John D. Long Lake · Union County · South Carolina

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