Convicted child killer Susan Smith to face another parole hearing in November

Convicted child killer Susan Smith to face another parole hearing in November

UNION, S.C. (WLOS) — Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother sentenced to life in prison for drowning her two young sons, is scheduled for a second parole hearing on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026.

The convicted killer first became eligible for parole on Nov. 4, 2024, after serving one-third of her life sentence. But on Nov. 20, 2024, the South Carolina Board of Paroles and Pardons formally rejected conditional release for Smith.

PAROLE REJECTED FOR CHILD MURDERER SUSAN SMITH

In October 1994, Susan Smith, a mother from Union, South Carolina, falsely claimed that a Black man kidnapped her two children, Michael and Alexander, after holding a gun to her side during a carjacking. She was released, and her boys were taken.

But that was not the truth. In reality, Smith strapped 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander in their car seats and pushed her car into John D. Long Lake in Union County. Nine days after their deaths, she confessed.

Hear from the prosecutors who handled Smith's case and why authorities doubted her story from the beginning in News 13's exclusive documentary, "Unthinkable: The Susan Smith Story," linked below.