The story of Susan Smith ‘account 1994 Children’s drowning

30 years ago, it was unthinkable that a union, South Carolina, the woman could tie her children of 3 years and 14 months in the seats of her car and look while the car was slowly sinking into Lake John D. Long.

Susan Smith would say that she also tried to finish her life, but she couldn’t do it.

Inside the trunk was Smith’s wedding album, the dress and other parts of his life that prosecutors believe he was trying to get away.

What followed was a hoax that shook the nation. Smith falsely said that he had been stolen by a black man and his children taken, starting a search throughout the country. Nine days later, he confessed the murders of the children.

In “unthinkable: the story of Susan Smith”, listens to prosecutors who handled Smith’s case and why the authorities doubted their history from the beginning. Children’s father, David Smith, talks about why he believes 30 years in prison It is not long enough for Susan and what is prepared to tell a board of forgives and paroles of South Carolina to keep it behind bars.