>>
>> SUSAN
>> SUSAN SMITH HAS BEEN ARRESTED, AND WILL BE4@ CHARG4@ WITH TWO COUNTS OF MURDER IN
CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER
CHILDREN4@ MICHAEL, 3, AND
ALEXANDER, 14 4@MONTHS.
>> TOMORROW MARKS THE SOMBER
ANNIVERSARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
254@ YEARS SINCE SUSAN SMITH
KILLED HER TWO YOUNG SONS BY
STRAPPING THEM IN HER CAR, AND4
ROLLING IT INTO THE LAKE.
>> THAT NIGHT SHE SAID A BLACK
MAN CAR JACKED HER WITH HER SONS
STILL INSIDE.
AS YOU HEARD 3-YEAR-OLD, AND
1-YEAR-OLD.
AFTER NINE DAYS THOUGH SHE
FINALLY CONFESSED SAYING SHE DID
IT HERSELF.
SMITH IS NOW SERVI4@NG A LIFE
SENTENCE IN 4@4@GREENWOOD, AND @
ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE BELIEVE IT
OR NOT4@ IN 2024.
>>4@ HER AND4@ HER THEN HUSBAND
PLEADED FOR THEIR4@ BOY
OR NOT4@ IN 2024. >>4@ HER AND4@ HER THEN HUSBAND PLEADED FOR THEIR4@ BOYS SAFE
RETURN.
>> I KNOW RIGHT HERE WHAT THE
TRUTH IS.
I CAN, I CAN4@ SEE FROM THEIR SD
WHY THEY HAVE TO DO THE THINGS
THEY HAVE TO 4@DO, BUT THE LORD
AND MYSELF BOTH KNOWS THE TRUTH
THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE ABDUCTION OF MY
CHILDREN.
>> WELL,4@ NOTHING SHE SAID THE
WAS4@ TRUE.
THE BOYS WERE FOUND INSIDE THEIR
MOM'S CAR LIKE4@ DARCI SAID, AN
WAS4@ TRUE. THE BOYS WERE FOUND INSIDE THEIR MOM'S CAR LIKE4@ DARCI SAID, AN@
HER HUSBAND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN
THE CRIME.
J.R. BARRY WAS COVERING THIS 25
YEARS AGO WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND
WE SAY THAT, BUT TO SOUTH 4@
CAROLINANS IT DOES NOT FEEL THAT
LONG 4@AGO.
>> I REMEMBER THE NIGHT THE
PHONE CALL CAME4@ IN FROM A SLI
SPOKESMAN AND IS AID WE HAVE
THIS4@ MOTHER WHO CLAIMS THAT H
CAR WAS CAR4@ JACKED WITH HER T
SMALL CHILDREN 4@INSIDE, AND GA
ME THE DETAILS ON WHAT SHE
CLAIMED HAPPENED THAT NIGHT AND
I SAID YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
NO MOM WOULD4@ LET HIM DRIVE OF
WITH THE CHILDREN STRAPPED IN
SIDE, AND THEY SAID THAT'S THE
STORY WE HAVE TO GO WITH, AND I
SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF AT THE TIM@
WHO SAID ALL ALONG AUTHORITIES
HAD DOUBTS ABOUT HER STORY.
>> THE FIRST NIGHT WHEN THE
SHERIFF ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE.
WE SENT A TEAM OVER, AND ONE OF
THE FIRST WAS A FORENSIC ARTIST
WHO WORKS WITH AN ALLEGED
VICTIM, AND DOES A PRETTY GOOD
INTERVIEW, AS WELL AS DOING THE
ARTIST4@ STECH, AND WHEN HE
COMPLETED HIS WORK THAT NIGHT H@
INDICATED HE THOUGHT THERE WERE
PROBLEMS WITH SUSAN SMITH'S
STORY.
>> SO THAT WAS BOB STEWART JUST
A FEW4@ YEARS AGO ON THE 29TH
ANNIVERSARY OF ALL OF THIS.
THIS PARK AS4@ YOU MIGHT IMAGIN
A FEW4@ YEARS AGO ON THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALL OF THIS. THIS PARK AS4@ YOU MIGHT IMAGINA
LOT OF OUTRAGE OUT4@ ACROSS THE
STATE, AND NATION-WIDE.
PEOPLE WERE OUTRAGED THAT HE
COULD COME FORTH,4@ AND4@ PUT PE
IN AN UPROAR.
>> IN 2015 SHE WROTE A LETTER TO
GIVE HER SIDE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
SHE'S NOT A MONSTER, AND WAS A
GOOD MOTHER, AND LOVED HER BOYS,
AND4@ SMITH SAID SOMETHING WENT
WRONG THAT NIGHT, AND SHE WAS
NOT HERSELF, AND THERE WAS NO
MOTIVE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT 4@
PLANNED.
>> SHE SAYS THERE WAS NO MOTIVE,
PLANNED. >> SHE SAYS THERE WAS NO MOTIVE@ BUT THE4@ PROSECUTOR SAID4@ HE
WANTED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH A WEALTHY THAN IN UNION
COUNTY THAT DIDN'T WANT4@ A
FAMILY, SO SHE STRAPPED HER
CHILDREN INSIDE A CAR, AND
ROLLED IT INTO THE LAKE, AND
THAT'S THE MOTIVE THAT
PROSECUTORS USED.
THERE WAS SOME4@ THOUGHT THEY
WOULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY 4@
HERE.
THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP HER OFF
DEATH ROW, AND SHE GOT 30 4@YEA,
BUT AS YOU HEARD SHE COULD BE
ELIGIBLE F4@OR PAROLE IN FIVE
YEARS.
>>4@ DO YOU NO ANYTHING ABOUT H
TIME IN PRISON?
>> SHE HASN'T BEEN THE MODEL
PRISONER.
SHE HAS BEEN WRI4@TTEN UP FIVE
@ TIMES ON VARIOUS CHARGES.
THERE'S DRUG USE, ALSO SHE HAD
SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH TWO
4@ CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, AND
THAT'S WHEN SHE WAS HOUSED4@ HE
IN COLUMBIA.
SINCE SHE'S BEEN MOVED TO 4@
GREENWOOD, SO WHEN HER PROBATION
HEARING COMES UP4@ ALL THESE
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WILL
COME BACK, AND THEY'LL LOOK, AND
DECIDE THEN.
>> YOU WERE IN THE COURTROOM
DURING THE TRIAL.
WHO WAS SHE THERE?
>> WE4@ HEARD A LOT ABOUT HER
INSIDE THAT ROOM.
SOME VERY DISTURBING TESTIMONY.
THAT4@ SHE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICE
AT 13, AND THEN AT 18 AND SHE
WAS4@ SEXUALLY MOLESTED BY A
MEMBER OF HER OWN FAMILY FOR
MANY YEARS, AND HER FATHER
KILLED HIMSELF WHEN SHE WAS 6
YEARS OLD, SO THE DEFENSE TRIED
TO TELL THE4@ JURY THIS WOMAN H
MENTAL ISSUE, AND PROBLEMS, AND
DOESN'T DESERVE TO DIE4@ FOR THE
CRIMES BECAUSE SHE'S PRETTY
MESSED UP.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE HUSBAND,
BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN HE WAS NOT A
PART OF THIS PLAN.
HE BELIEVED HER THAT SOMEBODY
HAD4@ TAKEN THEIR CHILDREN, AND
BELIEVED THEY WERE4@ MISSING FO
THAT TIME PERIOD.
WHAT HAS HE BEEN DOING FOR THE
LAST YEAR?
>>4@ HE'S REMARRIED AT L4@AST C
HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, AND VISITS
THE4@ GRAVE SITES REGULARLY, AN
HE HAS TRIED TO PUT THIS BEHIND
HIM, AND MOVE ON.
HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER
HIS SONS OKAY, BUT HE HAS NO
CONTACT WITH SUSAN SMITH AS FAR
AS WE KNOW, AND HE'S MOVED ON
WITH HIS NEW LIFE WITH HIS WIFE,
AND THEIR TWO 4@DAUGHTERS.
>> I FEEL THERE WILL BE PUBLIC
OUTRAGE, AND THEY WILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO4@ SAY ABOUT IT.
>>4@ PROBABLY, SO, AND MAYBE TH
OFFENSES BEHIND BARS4@ MIGHT BI
HER WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR
PROBATION TIME.
SO SHE CERTAINLY WILL BE ASKING
FOR THAT IN ABOUT FIVE 4@YEARS.
THE PLAYERS IN THIS CASE.
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM OVER THE
LAST 25 YEARS AS WE4@ MENTIONED
DAVID SMITH REMARRIED, AND HAS
TWO KIDS.
THE PROSECUTOR IS NOW4@ A HOUSE
REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
REPRESENTING UNION COUNTY IN THE
STATE HOUSE HERE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
STATE HOUSE HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.4@ THE SHERIFF4@4@ THE MAN WHO SAI
STATE HOUSE HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.4@ THE SHERIFF4@4@ THE MAN WHO SAIE
HAS BEEN ARRESTED, AND CHARGED
GOT4@ CAUGHT UP IN A4@ FEDERAL
CORRUPTION PROBE, AND ANOTHER I@
70, AND STILL TRYING TO KEEP
PEOPLE OFF DEATH ROW.
>> IT'S HARD TO4@ BELIEVE IT'S
BETWEEN 25 YEARS.
THE OVERWHELMING FEELING IS IT4
WAS SUCH A HORRIBLE CRIME IT4@
SEEMS LIKE IT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?4@
THE BOAT RAMP HAS BEEN CLOSED
BECAUSE TWO YEARS AFTER ALL THIS
HAPPENED SEVEN PEOPLE DROWNED
ONE NIGHT, AND THEY WENT TO THAT
SAME BOAT4@ RAMP, AND THEY MADE
THE DECISION LET JUST4@ SHUT TH
RAMP DOWN, AND MOVE THE MEMORIAL
FOR THE CHILDREN HERE, AND MAKE
IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO PAY