Killer mom Susan Smith has been convicted of a new disciplinary charge after speaking with a documentary filmmaker, weeks before her first parole hearing. 

The 53-year-old, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 for murdering her two children, was charged with communicating with a victim/and or witness of crime on Aug. 26 and was convicted on Oct. 3, Chrysti Shain, director of communications with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, told Fox News Digital.  

Smith agreed to provide the filmmaker with contact information for friends, family and victims, including her former husband. The filmmaker deposited money into Smith’s account for “Calls and Canteen,” according to the incident report, which redacted the filmmaker’s name.

South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates are not allowed to do interviews on the telephone or in person, according to SCDC policy, but they may write letters. 

Smith will become eligible for parole on Nov. 4., 30 years after she confessed to drowning her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler, in a South Carolina lake. 

In their conversations, Smith and the filmmaker discussed conducting an interview and even filming for a documentary and ways to get paid for it.

They also discussed Smith’s crime in depth and the events leading up to and after it, including details like “what was in the trunk of the car when it went into the water and her plans to jump from a bridge while holding the boys, but one woke up,” the incident report says.

Smith lost her telephone, tablet and canteen privileges for 90 days, beginning Oct. 4. The charge is not a criminal one, but rather it is an internal disciplinary conviction. 

It was Smith’s first disciplinary action in almost 10 years.

“SCDC inmates are issued tablets that are secured for correctional use. The tablets can be used to make monitored telephone calls and to send monitored electronic messages,” Shain said. “They are considered a privilege. The department will determine when and if inmate Smith will earn the opportunity to be issued a tablet again.”

Smith’s phone conversations with the filmmaker are not the first calls she’s made that have sparked attention.

Over the past three years, Smith has courted nearly a dozen suitors over monitored jailhouse messages and telephone calls, The Post reported.

Criminal defense attorney Philip Holloway previously told Fox News Digital that her chances of an early release are “unlikely.”

“I expect that she would be denied parole — the facts of this case are horrific,” Holloway said. “I see it’s unlikely that she would be released into society.” 

Whether Smith’s latest conviction affects her upcoming parole is unknown.

Fox News Digital’s Christina Coulter contributed to this report.

This week’s initial SEC Availability Report brought little clarity to Oklahoma’s issues at wide receiver. 

Deion Burks, who still leads OU in both receptions (26) and receiving yards (201) despite missing the last two games, was once again listed as questionable as Brent Venables’ Sooners (4-2, 1-2 SEC) prepare for a pivotal contest with South Carolina (3-3, 1-3) at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday. 

Burks exited Oklahoma’s loss to Tennessee with an injury, and has yet to return to the lineup, though Venables did say he’s getting closer during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. 

“We’ve got a handful of receivers that are dying to play,” Venables said. “If they can’t make it back from a health standpoint, they have every intention to be here. They’re at practice every day. 

“Deion’s hoping to play this week. He wants to defy all odds and be ready to play this week. He got up to 80% of his max volume (on Monday), and these guys are working relentlessly to put themselves in a position to help us this year.”

Tight end Bauer Sharp is Oklahoma’s second-leading receiver so far in 2024, hauling in 21 catches for 180 yards and a score. Brenen Thompson is third on the team with 13 catches for 125 yards and a touchdown, and J.J. Hester is fourth with 90 receiving yards on four receptions. 

Burks is the only piece from Emmett Jones’ position group who may return this week, as Jalil Farooq, Nic Anderson and Andrel Anthony were all listed as out on Wednesday’s report. 

Elsewhere on the offense, there’s still hope for tight end Kade McIntyre to return against the Gamecocks. 

McIntyre was listed as questionable on Wednesday’s report. The redshirt freshman missed last weekend’s bout with Texas.

The young tight end played 11 offensive snaps against Auburn per Pro Football Focus, and it was the third game he’d played in this year after logging seven snaps each against both Houston and temple. 

Oklahoma running back Sam Franklin was also listed as questionable, and defensive tackle David Stone was listed as probable for Saturday.

Otherwise, the Sooners essentially avoided any new availability concerns. 

Linebacker Dasan McCullough returned against the Longhorns, where he played 26 snaps on defense after missing the first five games of the year with a stress fracture in his foot that he sustained toward the end of summer workouts. 

“It’s good to get him back out there with the guys and get him into a rhythm of how to play,” Venables said on Tuesday. “There was some that was things that he did that was really good, and some things to learn from. But we’re gonna need him.”

Offensive lineman Troy Everett also saw his first action of the season in the Cotton Bowl. He took over for Branson Hickman at center in the second half where he played 22 snaps per PFF.

Cornerback Gentry Williams is still out, having not featured in the lineup since OU’s second game of the year against Houston.

Kendel Dolby, Geirean Hatchett and Jayden Gibson were the only other three Sooners listed on the availability report, as the Oklahoma trio are all out for the season. 

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A family in South Carolina pleaded for help Wednesday in finding Broadway dancer Zelig Williams, whose disappearance nearly two weeks ago has also drawn the concern of the broader theater community, including Hugh Jackman.

Williams, who danced in New York productions of “Hamilton” and “MJ The Musical,” was last seen Oct. 3 in Columbia, when he left his home. Friends said they got an automatic emergency notification from his iPhone minutes later, Williams’ family said.

They reached out but did not hear back. Williams’ empty car was found undamaged in an isolated parking lot for the Palmetto Trail a day after deputies determined he was driving at the nearby Congaree National Park about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from downtown Columbia, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

Tips from the community are likely going to be critical to finding Williams, Sheriff Leon Lott said at a news conference at the department’s headquarters, joined by family members of the dancer.

“We have used every means of manpower and technology that is available,” Lott said.

Williams’ relatives think he stopped taking his medication just before he disappeared and are worried he might be behaving erratically or even could appear in a trance-like state to people looking to help him.

They also are asking churches to pay special attention to anyone new, because Williams was visiting in an effort to find a place to worship. Williams, 28, had moved back to his hometown of Columbia a few months earlier.

Williams is the light for his family, cousin Mieoki Corbett-Jacobs said Wednesday. His two sisters died in a car crash 20 years ago and inspired him to start dancing, she said.

Williams’ mother “is having some serious pain in her heart missing her son in this moment,” Corbett-Jacobs said. “That’s why it is so special when you see him perform. He is dancing with his sisters in his heart.”

The family’s remarks ended with Williams’ mother, Kathy, who started sobbing as she spoke.

“I just want Zelig to come home. He’s all I got. He’s all I got. He’s all I got,” she said. The sheriff and Corbett-Jacobs helped her out of the room.

Williams’ colleagues on Broadway are also asking for help. Jackman, who worked with Williams in “The Greatest Showman” tour, posted Williams’ picture on his Instagram feed this month.

“Zelig we love you and are praying for your safe return,” Jackman wrote.

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