I know! And special thanks to my fellow true crime buffs in the True Crime Discussions group on FB, especially PAT! . I care for you, but also care for Susan Brown and I would hate to see anyone get hurt. ", That was the bitter end of a tumultuous, too-early marriage. In March 1992, the couple separates, and they try to save their marriage between comings and goings during the next seven months. They made a point of showing jurors the videotaped interviews in which Smith tearfully maintained the kidnapping hoax. You are a very special person and that is part of why making love to you is so wonderful. Since her arrest at South Carolinas Leath Correctional Institution, two guards have been punished for having sex with Smith. You will, without a doubt, make some lucky man a great wife. Her mother was never good at solving her emotional problems, and her fathers suicide seemed to create a wound that never healed. Nothing gives away what happened there the clear, cool night of Oct. 25, 1994. She was also sexually abused by her stepfather. "I'll never forget what Susan has done to me and my family, [and] I even have to say, to her family," Smith said. Chicago Tribune At 11 that night, Smith called Williams and said she wouldn't be at work the next day. [2] "He was threatening to her. Despite Davids protests, Susan Smith was spared the death sentence and received a 30-year prison sentence. I will always be here for you! You will without a doubt make some lucky man a great wife. ", She went to his office later the same day to return an Auburn University sweat shirt that belonged to Findlay. ``Even though you think we have much in common, we are vastly different. If you want to catch a nice guy like me one day, you have to act like a nice girl. Findlay senior owns a company called Conso Inc., which makes interior-decorating products; he is among the wealthiest Union County residents. Other key figures in the case have gone on to both fame and failure. If a mother who deliberately drowns her children in a pique over a failed romance doesn't deserve to die, who does? http://www.abcnews4.com/story/26887424/a-look-back-the-susan-smith-case. Which is the lie? "There will always be something to remind each of us that such a thing happened here," she says. Crime.About.com The Barnes family of Maple Shade, N.J., sent an arrangement of carnations and daisies. Due to a tumultuous marriage between her parents, full of aggression, they divorced when she was seven years old, and soon after, her father Harry, at the age of 37, committed suicide. Was she just a victim of the abuse she suffered, or a cold-hearted murderer of her two young children? . In the spring, they'll plant boxwoods, build a split-rail fence and lay a gravel walkway. Back in the 1990s, Susan Smith claimed a Black man kidnapped her sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander. But like I have told you before, there are some things about you that aren't suited for me, and yes, I am speaking about your children. Smith had stood by his estranged wife during her nine-day charade, and he said he first heard about her confession on television. Susan, I value our friendship very much. They courted Walt Disney, which is building a catalog distribution warehouse in Union County; more than 300 people will get jobs. FOR THIS NEWSWEEK POLL, PRINCETON SURVEY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES TELEPHONED 752 ADULTS JULY 27-28. A team of state psychiatrists certified that Smith was competent to stand trial. How have people written about the torture,, You missed Patricia's "theory" of a lesbian crime of passion involving Gaia, Mirian and the french girl they met in, I totally agree with all of you. Something went very wrong that night. The relationship deteriorated more and more. Susans ex, Tom Findlay, ironically went on to find happiness with a girlfriend and HER TWO KIDS! And as for your relationship with B. But her composure crumbled when the diver who found her two small sons in her car at the bottom of John D. Long Lake took the stand. . Nine days later, she confessed and, eventually, it was revealed her motive was to pursue a relationship with a wealthy local man who did not want children. Who knows what the future holds for our relationship. Susan could not continue working at the same place as David, so she looked for a new job. THE BOYFRIEND'S STORY. ``Susan, I could really fall for you. When it all came apart, she committed an act of savagery that defies understanding. The letter is dated Oct. 17, 1994. On Oct. 18, Findlay wrote Smith, breaking off the relationship because he did "not want the responsibility of children." Over the next week,. For nine days, she pleaded for the safe return of her babies while making appearances on television, only to have the true story later be revealed. He relocated to another city and runs an art business using his first and middle name. She goes to Tom and reveals that she has been having sex with her stepfather since she was 16. Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for Timothy McVeigh if he is convicted of the bombing in Oklahoma City? At the time, Tom didnt know, but she had sex with David; her stepfather, Bev Russell; and also her boss, who was Toms father. The car apparently took almost six minutes to disappear-and Michael and Alex, trusting and helpless, can only have died screaming for their mother. However, a letter sent by Tom Findlay took Susan by surprise. Final testimony for the prosecution includes a tearful David Smith saying, 'All my hopes and dreams, everything that I had planned for the rest of my life-it ended that day. ``Thank you for being there for me through all the rough times. TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 1994 _ Susan Smith's boyfriend, Tom Findlay, breaks off their relationship saying he doesn't want the responsibility of children. Keep scrolling below to find out more about Susan Smiths case, trial and to find out where she is today. Findlay said Smith was in a suicidal panic the day before her children disappeared because she feared her estranged husband, David Smith, was "going to make it public" that she had cheated on him with Russell, who was then active in the Christian Coalition and state Republican Party politics. Susan may say that she wouldnt care (copy unintelligible) husband had an affair, but you and I know, that is not true. Are Janelle, Christine and Meri Suing Kody Over Money From Coyote Pass? He broke it off sometime in March, Findlay said, after David Smith caught them talking on the phone and angrily warned him to stay away from Susan. Susan Leigh Smith (ne Vaughan; born September 26, 1971) is an American woman who was convicted of murdering her two sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander, in 1994 by drowning them in a South Carolina lake. I was not ready to assume the important responsibilities of being a father, Findlay wrote in a statement issued through his lawyers. But then Laura came along. I really wanted to be with you and hated that I wasnt. Initially, Smith told authorities a black man had carjacked her and kidnapped the boys. I will always treasure our friendship and all of the many wonderful memories we have made. The letter gave reasons justifying the end of the relationship. The couple asked Linda for another loan to buy a property, but what was supposed to bring happiness only left Susan more and more distant. Actually, it "literally says" after 4 years he allowed her to leave, go shopping AND get a job. I was not in my right mind.. "They thought she should get a death sentence." I was not myself, she wrote in a letter to The State in 2015. Sordid and tragic and powerfully real, Susan Smith's story begins with sex and ends with the murder of innocents. The case of Susan Smith, the woman who killed her young sons in 1994, will be explored in the upcoming Lifetime docuseries Cellmate Secrets. ``Anyhow, as I have already told you, you are a very special person. "He that is without sin among you," Bruck said, "let him first cast a stone at her. She was told to press charges, which she refused to do. He is known to some local young women as "The Catch.". Smith claims that she wanted to be serious with Findlay, but he said he didn't want children. On the outside everything looked good, but Susan carried with her a big family secret. UNION, S.C., July 25 -- A sobbing Susan Smith apologized Tuesday to her ex-husband for killing their children after he twice broke down in tears while testifying in the sentencing phase of her. "Everything I had planned on, my life with my kids, was gone. Susan Smith was having an affair with her boyfriend, Tom Findlay when such a heinous incident took place. . He cited the differences in their backgrounds, and was also emphatic about not wanting children or wanting to raise children. The Monarch Mills headlight light was always green and only turned red if it was triggered by a car on the cross street. She worried about her hair and makeup in front of the television cameras and sometimes asked about Tom Findlays whereabouts. She seemed to be unhappy with her pregnancy, complaining almost all the time about her condition. Hours later, a co-worker called to ask if he had heard the news about Susan-- and Findlay's first thought was, "Oh my God, she's killed herself. She was in a bit of a hurry, as her goal at the time was a new marriage to Tom. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). The card reads, "Never forgotten.". ``I do hope that we will be able to date some and be together again someday, but if we never made love again, my feelings for you would not change because having you as my friend is worth more than sex could ever be worth. On top of that, Ms. Smith later said that a cause of her depression was her breakup with Conso employee Tom . ``I know how you feel about our relationship and I respect that. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and its effects can be seen all around us. ``Susan, I am not mad at you about what happened this weekend. "Susan, I am not mad at you about what happened" at the hot-tub party, Findlay wrote. David never questioned the paternity of the child despite their separation. If Smith in fact was rational, why risk a police investigation? The steady drip of revelation, each more damning than the last, seemed almost certain to lead to her execution. October 10, 1991 was a happy day. ", June Miller, the clerk of court, says, "It's over and done with and we go on with our lives.". The justice system imposes the death penalty far more often than it actually delivers it (page 24). He even admitted to having sexual encounters with Susan as recently as August 1994, less than three months before she killed her sons. ``I want you to know that I have never felt with anyone, the way I feel when Im with you. "There is no good outcome in this case," he said. ", Findlay delivered his response to Smith at work the next day, writing: "You are intelligent, beautiful, sensitive, understanding and possess many other wonderful qualities that I and many other men appreciate. Shell have to keep behaving herself like she has been as of late, an insider told People in November 2020. During the trial's penalty phase, the courtroom became a-battleground for the two competing views of the defendant-the scheming vixen and the emotionally damaged post-adolescent. SC State House Bev stayed away from the family for a few weeks, but after a few sessions of family counseling he returned to normal family life. Who is he to be dishing out advice? Williams asked again. See the 'Counting On' Kids' Houses, Look How Much the Little Couple's Kids Will and Zoey Have Grown Up, Every Look From the Kardashian-Jenner Family at the 2021 Met Gala, Gabby Petito's Texts Show 'More and More Tension' With Brian Laundrie, 'Welcome to Plathville' Kim Plath's DUI Case Closed: Fine, More Details, Sister Wives Kody, Robyn Were With a Mystery Blonde: Identity Revealed, Megan Fox and MGK's Relationship Is 'Toxic': 'There Is Concern for Her', Farrah Abraham Slams Mom-Shamers Over Daughter Sophias Piercings, Jon Gosselin Is 'Open' With Kids Collin, Hannah About Their Dating Lives. The mom of two made headlines at the time of the news due to her shocking motive and she has since been behaving herself behind bars, which means she could soon be a free woman. Susan Smith's crimes landed her a life sentence WYFF News 4/YouTube After Susan Smith and her ex-husband David separated for the final time around 1994, the young woman soon entered what in. "If they'd asked me, I'd have said drain the lake, shut the place down," says Cathy Allen, a Union teacher. The letter about the reasons for the breakup, written by Tom, was also inside the car. Other testimony pointed to the deep shame that stemmed from her incestuous relationship with Russell. But it seems Susan just couldn't keep her lips dry, and one night Findlay found her in his own hot tub kissing another man. What got into Susan Smith's mind that night, only the devil knows. But unfortunately, it won't be me. ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERTISEMENT Then, in the fall of 1994, an employee named Susan Smith brutally drowned her two sons. The two had always proved to be good parents. He has turned to his part so often the spine is creased. Smith's lawyers said in opening statements there was "no single reason" why Smith killed her children and insisted they would not attempt to portray her as a victim or use the "abuse excuse," a reference to Russell's admitted molestation of Smith when she was 16. In the past nine years, Smith has been disciplined at least five times, including self-mutilation and the use and possession of narcotics or marijuana. As I told you, I was starting to let my heart warm up to the idea of us going out as more than just friends. David has stated that he will attend all parole hearings to try to keep Susan Smith in prison for the rest of her life. That poor. During her adolescence Susan became popular at school, she was a very attractive young woman and seemed to take leading positions in school activities. ", This smarmy rejection threw Smith into panic. Many sent her flowers after the trial. However, some feel it will never be forgotten. This resulted in one of the most barbaric crimes that a human being can commit: killing her own children. Name: Susan Vaughan Smith D.O.B: September 26, 1971 Place of Birth: Union, South Carolina Parents: Linda & Harry Vaughan Conviction Date: July 22, 1995 Sentence: LIFE . After a few months Susan seemed to regret her decision, she filed for divorce once again. UPDATE! Yet after hearing new and compelling testimony about her tangled life, the same jury that took only 2 1/2 hours to convict Susan Smith on July 22 decided just as quickly to spare her life last week--and voted unanimously. And it brought her David Bruck. She soon became pregnant and they decided to get married. The jury took less than 3 hours to return a guilty verdict on two charges of murder. Have a tip? Anyhow, my advice to you is to wait and be very choosy about your next relationship. I am compiling information about sexual misconduct in the US correctional system for a research paper and would like to include the facts of that case, if those facts are available for review. So the trial result is likely to divide Americans just as it divides Union, S.C. "A lot of people in Union are not feeling too good," said Christine Bird, one of many residents who gathered at the courthouse to hear the decision. Yet nobody talks about his guy or where he is or what other girls he has been doing. . But seeing you kiss another man put things back into perspective. A letter. Susans thenhusband David Smith is nowremarried and a father again. She made a tearful plea on national television for their safe return. They also heard from state and federal investigators who told of Smith's fake tears, curious smiles and furious outbursts as they confronted her with the mounting evidence that she was involved in the disappearance of 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex Smith. Ms. Smiths letter (handwritten, not dated): ``Just a note to say thank you for everything. Find the editorial stock photo of Findlay Tom Findlay Center Former Boyfriend, and more photos in the Shutterstock collection of editorial photography. During this period, Susan had a relationship with a former co-worker, which only made the situation worse. During the marriage, Smith had several affairs, and in August, 1993, after the birth of her second son, she hooked up with her wealthy boss, Tom Findlay. Before the murders, he wrote her a Dear John letter to Susan explaining why they could neverbe together, stating that he did not want children. ``Friends Forever, (two heart-shaped designs). I dont blame him for declining interviews and book deals and disappearing. I could never express in words how much you mean to me. But on Oct. 16, Findlay testified, Smith acknowledged she was not even separated from her husband. Allen, for one, doesn't need reminders. The fact is, I just don't want children. "A passing love affair," Halleck called it. Michael and Alex Smith were buried together in the same casket in the Bogansville United Methodist Church cemetery on November 6, 1994, next to the grave of Davids brother and the childrens uncle, Danny Smith. Shortly after joining the company she was promoted to the position of executive secretary to Consos president and CEO, Carey Findlay. "Fussy or singing, fussy or happy, which one is it? Bruck had it exactly right. But what can we do to help? Besides, I want you to feel good about yourself, and I am afraid that if you sleep with B. Linda and her children moved from their small modest home to Bevs house, located in a great location in Union. you are intelligent, beautiful, sensitive, and possess many other wonderful qualities that I and many other men appreciate. Despite the comings and goings of their marriage, they were always present in the upbringing and education of their children. If you want to catch a nice guy like me one day, you have to act like a nice girl. Smith was separated from her now-ex-husband, and started dating. , filed for divorce in September 1994 and it was finalized in May 1995. Susan Smith murdered her young sons in 1994. They still receive gifts. Susan graduated from Union High School in 1989 and went to work in the local Winn-Dixie supermarket as a checkout girl. Davids parents were grieving the recent loss of another son who died of Crohns disease just 11 days before Susan and Davids wedding. For nine days, she pleaded for the safe return of her babies while making appearances on television, only to have the, Many people believe her motive was because she was dating a man who didnt want children at the time. Michael was born in 1991, Alex followed in 1993 and Susan gave every appearance of being a doting mother. This didnt seem to work, so she told him about the supposed affair with her boss, also Toms father, and warned him that the details of the relationship might come to light during the next few days. The following year, prison captain. Beverly Russell, a leader of the Christian Coalition at one time, and Linda Russell split up before the trial. It takes 60 days for Red Rocket tomatoes to reach maturit, Rootstock Selection for Short Season Tomatoes: What to Consider and Recommended Varieties, Rootstock selection is an important part of successful tomato production, especially in short seasons. You will without a doubt make some lucky man a great wife. And a nation that has heard the squalid evidence about Smith's liaisons with four different men, including her own stepfather, voted 63 percent to 28 percent in a NEWSWEEK survey that she should have been put to death. "That's one of the things that helped the healing process," says the Rev. Miller saved videos of local newscasts and the Smiths' network interviews, and recently appeared in a Smith documentary for the Arts and Entertainment Network. "Giving her the death penalty wouldn't serve justice.". In this same period, Susan began to have a relationship with David, also a co-worker. Either way, before you settle down with anyone again, there is something you need to do. Susan Smith's nervous paramour cast doubt today on charges that she killed her children to pursue their romance, saying Smith's anguish actually stemmed from a recent affair with her own stepfather. I remember this story well and its interesting to know how things have played out over the years. . In late October and early November 1994, the town of Union, S.C., ceased to be just another speck on the map. When a place has been forced to defend itself before the eyes of the world, there is no road map for recovery. Smith's natural father committed suicide when she was 6. They still credit him for containing a potentially volatile racial divide by refusing to detain the many black men who might have fit Smith's description of her hijacker. Im appreciative of your honesty with me. Tom Findlay, Susan Smith's ex-lover, started a new life in Birmingham, Ala. Cary Findlay, who is Tom Findlay's father and Susan Smith's former employer, let his mansion become a. Although Russell clearly initiated sexual contact, the case file suggests Susan may have led him on. On Oct. 17, according to Findlay, Smith gave him a greeting card and a handwritten letter accepting their breakup with equanimity and pledging her eternal friendship, saying, "I will always love and care for you the rest of my life. These evil perverts should be castrated (preferably with a blunt knife). Some are proud to belong to a community that refused to wither in the spotlight. Maybe he wasnt ready for children at the time at such a young age. Im sure that your kids are good kids, but it really wouldnt matter how good they may be the fact is, I just dont want children. During the 1995 trial, Lindasthen husband Beverly Russell, Susans stepfather, admitted to molesting Susan when she was 15 and continuing to have sex with her after she was married with the last time being in August of 1994, two months before the murders. What was only supposed to last a few months, resulted in a promotion to accountant at the store. 'You don't have all the guilt,' Beverly Russell, Smith's stepfather, says at her trial. 90 Day Fiance's Hamza's Green Card Status 'Battle' Amid Memphis Divorce, '90 Day Fiance' Star Memphis Smith Alleges Hamza Moknii Was 'Abusive', 90 Day's Hamza Requested Paternity Test for Daughter Amid Memphis Split. Susan Smith and Tom Findlay; the boyfriend After breaking up with David, Susan started working as a bookkeeper at the largest employer in the area, Conso Products. Her father committed suicide when she was 7 years old. I mean, one minute you were a kid, and the next minute you were having kids. Early this year, the state moved the monuments 50 yards from the water, to the wooded edge of the access road. Susan felt indebted to her mother and allowed her to dictate the rules. She was really obsessed. ``But dont be discouraged. Smith's supervisor, Sandra Williams, testified about the day Michael and Alex Smith disappeared. Last year, I grew Fortamino but the seeds didnt do well at all. She reddened slightly and stared back at him. But like I have told you before, there are some things about you that arent suited for me, and yes, I am speaking about your children. I could never express in words how much you mean to me. Thank you for this well written article. The ramp led nine people to their deaths. Tom didnt even let Susan start talking. Susan had a troubled childhood, which was plagued with suicide attempts and traumatizing events. Stunned by Susan's confession, mourners line the seven-mile route between the church and cemetery as David Smith buries his sons in a single casket, because 'they were just so close', At a press conference it was announced that Tommy Pope, an aggressive young prosecutor, would seek the death penalty if Smith was found guilty of the boys' murders, Tom Findlay, known as 'The Catch' in Union, testifies that he ended his affair with Susan clays before the murders because they weren't 'suited'--and he wasn't ready to be a father. After initially standing by Susans side until he learned the truth and then grieving over the small caskets of his boys at their funeral while Susanwas in jail, it now appears David has been able to move on. Russell, 48, was then active in South Carolina Republican politics and in Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition--but he is no longer, and the shattering disclosures triggered by his stepdaughter's prosecution are the reason. WISTV The man she wrote about was a graphic artist named Tom Findlay, who enthralled the court with details of a stormy relationship that came to a head on October 25, 1994. Recently, someone gave them a toy truck, a tiny plastic horse, two pinwheels (one for each brother), a plaster angel kneeling in prayer, a $2 bouquet of supermarket flowers and miniature wind chimes, left to tinkle softly in the country graveyard. Then Susan told him she and David were going through with the divorce, Findlay said, and he resumed their affair. However, he said in an interview last year that there are still hard days, particularly on his boys birthdays and around the anniversary of their death. I love writing and I also love criminal cases, nothing better than combining business with pleasure. And I want you to know that I am flattered that you have such a high opinion of me. They argued there was no evidence, as the defense claimed, that Smith had driven to the lake to commit suicide. She is currently based at the Leath Correctional Institution near Greenwood, South Carolina. She asks the sheriff to pray with her, then confesses to the murders and tells police where to find the boys. UNION, S.C. - Michael would have turned 6 last month, and Alex by now would be 4. A.L. ', Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. "Had I been true to you in my responsibilities, you would have been stronger in yourself, not needing to be constantly supported and reassured emotionally. At the lake where they died, a little girl from Monroe, N.C., left a stuffed scarecrow and a pumpkin made of cornhusks. "This case was an awful case of tragedy from the beginning. , the woman who killed her young sons in 1994, will be explored in the upcoming Lifetime docuseries. Maybe he has no responsibility for all of this, but hes still a d-bag. Despite its steamy undertones--despite the ripe mixture of family dysfunction and sexual shenanigans-the Smith case is ultimately a story of heartbreaking human loss. Smith claims a black carjacker stole her Mazda with the two children inside and helps police create a sketch of the suspect. "Susan, I could really fall for you," he continued. I want you to know that I have never felt with anyone, the way I feel when I'm with you. In Touch Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. After she made emotional pleas on television for the safe return of her children, the incident gained worldwide media attention. The jury was 11-1 in favor of life in prison when it began deliberating her sentence, and the lone hard-liner finally joined the majority. Smith, now 26, is in prison in Columbia; she was sentenced in 1995 to life in prison and must serve at least 30 years. Findlay ended their relationship one week before Smith reported the. On November 3, 1994, David and Susan appeared on the CBS This Morning program and David expressed his full support for Susan and her story about the kidnapping. The contempt for Susan was overwhelming, not only because of the racial tension triggered by the false accusation of a black man, but because her motive was extremely futile and selfish: to get rid of her children in order to maintain a relationship with a rich man. From extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and wildfires to the melting of polar ice caps and rising sea levels, it's clear that our planet is in trouble. Patrick is in there. , whose father owned the mill she worked at. . . Where is Bev Berverly Russell? But unfortunately, it won't be me. Her sexual activity in prison was discovered after she contracted a sexually transmitted disease. The outcome flatly contradicts current public opinion. In a last effort to control Toms feelings, she asked her friend to watch the children while she went to Toms office to tell him that everything she had said was nothing but a big lie. "I think you're involved in this thing," Caldwell told Smith in an interview that day. But I wanted to write you this letter because you are the one who is always making the effort for me, and I wanted to return the friendship. 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