Ex-husband of killer mom Susan Smith, up for parole, says she craves attention and likely hasn't changed

Thirty years aft South Carolina killer mom Susan Smith drowned her 2 children, she is preparing for a 2nd chance astatine state pinch her upcoming parole hearing, but nan begetter of her slain sons reportedly wants to support her successful prison. 

"I’m still fighting for justness for what happened to you … I’m doing each I tin wrong my powerfulness to make judge that what happened to you doesn’t spell successful vain." David Smith told FOX Carolina he would opportunity to his sons. 

In October 1994, Susan Smith strapped her sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander Smith, into nan backmost spot of her car and fto it rotation down a ramp into John D. Long Lake successful Union, South Carolina.

Smith, 22 astatine nan time, watched arsenic it took six minutes for h2o to capable nan car, drown her boys and descend nan car to nan bottommost of nan lake. 

KILLER MOM SUSAN SMITH DISCIPLINED BEHIND BARS WEEKS BEFORE PAROLE HEARING

Susan Smith, pictured successful a caller mugshot, left, and astatine 22-year-old successful 1994, has been incarcerated successful South Carolina for astir 30 years for nan execution of her 2 sons. (South Carolina Department of Corrections)

The Smiths pleaded connected nationalist tv for nan return of their children aft Susan claimed that a Black man had carjacked her and kidnapped nan boys. 

Nine days later, she confessed that she had drowned her sons herself.

"I'm judge aft 30 years immoderate group person recovered forgiveness themselves for her, and possibly consciousness sorry for her, and that's understandable, but that still doesn't return backmost what she did to Michael and Alex," David Smith told FOX Carolina. "For her lying for 9 days trying to get distant pinch it, and nan bodies were successful nan h2o for truthful long, I didn't person nan opportunity to show them ‘bye.’" 

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Susan Smith was sentenced to life successful situation for murdering her 2 sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler Smith. (William Campbell/Sygma )

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Smith, now 53, was sentenced to life successful situation successful 1995 for nan murders.

The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services group Smith's parole proceeding for Nov. 20.

KILLER MOM SUSAN SMITH THINKS PAROLE IS NOW UNLIKELY AFTER SHE WAS CAUGHT TRYING TO PROFIT OFF CASE: REPORT

Susan Smith initially claimed she was carjacked, but grounds would later uncover she killed her ain 2 young sons, Michael and Alexander. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma)

In her first disciplinary action successful almost 10 years, Smith was precocious convicted for communicating pinch a victim/and aliases witnesser of a crime aft speaking pinch a documentary filmmaker, starring up to her first parole hearing. 

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After 3 decades down bars, she now reportedly believes her chance of being paroled is unlikely, Smith's comparative told the New York Post.

"She's ever wanted nan spotlight successful immoderate manner… she ever wanted attention, and she ever tried to manipulate group and I don't deliberation she's going to change," David Smith told FOX Carolina, adding that he still misses his 2 boys. "I wish I could've stopped it.

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"If Susan was to get paroled, I person nary thought what I'd do next… I'm hoping pinch each my bosom that she doesn't get out."