Susan Smith, mom who killed two sons in 1994, sends romantic letters to boyfriend from prison: report

Susan Smith, one of the vital infamous prisoners in South Carolina’s penal system following her highly-publicized conviction for drowning her two younger sons in 1994, has been sending romantic letters to her boyfriend from the jail the place she is serving a life sentence. 

Smith, 50, has began a long-distance relationship she hopes will proceed if she’s launched on parole in November 2024, a member of the family advised Folks. 

The person was described as in his 40s and lives simply outdoors the state capital of Columbia. He works in house building, has two grownup youngsters and is divorced, the report stated. 

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He apparently wrote to Smith after seeing a documentary about her.

“They write letters on a regular basis,” the member of the family advised the journal. “They began a couple of 12 months in the past. Handwritten letters about what their future shall be. She’s very romantic like that, all the time desirous to discover a fortunately ever after.”

In a single letter obtained by the information outlet, Smith wrote that “I hope I get to see you f2f [face to face] quickly” In a second correspondence, she wrote “I can not imagine I can fall for somebody I’ve by no means met.”

The letters come a long time after Smith grew to become one of the vital hated girls within the nation after it was revealed she drowned her sons, Michael, 3, and Alex, 4, by leaving them strapped of their automobile seats as she let the automobile roll right into a lake. 

In October 1994, she advised authorities she had been carjacked by a Black man who had taken the 2 boys whereas they had been nonetheless within the automobile. Over 9 days, she and her then-husband, David Smith, tearfully pleaded on nationwide tv for the boys’ return. 

“Your mama loves you a lot,” she stated throughout one information convention. 

Shelby Hill reads a poem to her daughter Chelsea on the memorial to Alex and Michael Smith at John D. Lengthy Lake close to Union,S.C. 
(Reuters)

The story captivated the nation and subsequently horrified many after Smith’s arrest. She was in the end convicted of two homicide counts and sentenced to life in jail. Investigators stated Smith’s motive stemmed from a secret relationship she was having with a person who did not need youngsters. 

In a 2015 letter to The State newspaper, she claimed she was misunderstood and that she meant to kill herself, not her sons. 

“I’m not the monster society thinks I’m,” she wrote. “I’m removed from it.”

Susan Smith, 50, is serving a life sentence in a South Carolina jail for the homicide of her two younger sons. A member of the family advised Those who she has been exchanging romantic letters to a boyfriend from the correctional facility. 
(South Caorlina Dept. of Corrections)

“One thing went very improper that night time. I used to be not myself,” she continued. “I used to be a superb mom and I liked my boys. There was no motive because it was not even a deliberate occasion. I used to be not in my proper thoughts.”

Smith has been disciplined in jail over time for a number of infractions, together with drug possession and mutilation, in keeping with jail information. In 2000, she was disciplined for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a jail guard, Folks reported. She is at the moment serving her sentence on the Leath Correctional Establishment in Greenwood. 

The unnamed member of the family who spoke to Folks stated Smith shouldn’t be paroled when her listening to is available in 2024. 

Susan Smith is seated between her attorneys throughout a courtroom listening to within the Union County Courthouse.
(Reuters)

“I haven’t got an issue along with her discovering happiness by writing a person,” the supply stated, “however let’s not neglect what she did. So I hope her ‘fortunately ever after’ is fortunately in jail.”