Susan Smith set for parole hearing 32 years after drowning sons in S.C. lake

UNION COUNTY, S.C. - More than three decades after she drowned her two sons in an Upstate lake, Susan Smith will go before the parole board again in November.Smith’s parole hearing is scheduled for Nov. 19, her second since she became eligible.Sunday marked 32 years since investigators say Smith strapped her sons — 14-month-old Alex and 3-year-old Michael — into her car and let it roll into John D. Long Lake in Union County.Smith initially told investigators a strange man stole her car with the children inside. Days later, she confessed. Divers found the car at the bottom of the lake with the boys still inside.Smith was denied parole for the first time in 2024.