A murderous South Carolina mother has been convicted of a prison disciplinary charge, just weeks before her parole hearing was scheduled to take place.
Twisted murderer Susan Smith, 53, was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 for drowning her two sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander, in a South Carolina lake in October 1994.
The Department of Corrections has now revealed that the convicted child killer was found communicating with a filmmaker behind bars in August this year.
She was said to have been discussing her crimes and providing contact information for friends, family and victims, including her ex-husband, David Smith.
The filmmaker also deposited money into Smith’s account, police said.
Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 after murdering her two children, and has now been charged with an internal disciplinary charge weeks before her parole hearing.
Michael, 3, and Alexander, 14 months, were strapped into their car seats by Smith, who then let the car roll toward a lake in South Carolina.
Smith was accused of communicating with a filmmaker and discussing his crimes, which violates South Carolina Department of Corrections policy.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Smith received an internal disciplinary charge for communicating with a victim and/or witness on Oct. 3.
Smith violated SCDC policy that states inmates are not allowed to conduct telephone or in-person interviews while in custody.
However, they are allowed to write letters.
The disciplinary charge means the loss of phone, dining and tablet privileges for 90 days starting Oct. 4 while she is detained at Leath Correctional Facility in South Carolina.
“Tablets can be used to make controlled phone calls and send controlled electronic messages. They are considered a privilege,” said SCDC Communications Director Chrysti Shain.
“The department will determine when and if inmate Smith will have the opportunity to receive a tablet again.”
Smith has had a history of violations during her incarceration, including drug use, self-mutilation and incidents in which she was caught having sex with guards.
And in February this year, DailyMail.com revealed the evil mum had been having phone sex with a man half her age since prison.
Smith was also found to have provided the filmmaker with contact details for friends, family and victims, including her ex-husband, David Smith.
Smith reported the children missing in 1994 and claimed that an unidentified black man took them during a carjacking.
It was claimed that she killed the children after the man she was having an affair with, Thoman Findley, broke up with her because she did not want to have children.
Smith reported her two children missing in October 1994 and told agents that the children had been kidnapped by an unidentified black man during a carjacking.
She cried on national television as her husband pleaded for her safe return.
His story was quickly torn apart and Smith confessed to strapping the two children to the car seat and watching the car roll toward the lake.
It was claimed that she killed the children after the man she was having an affair with, Thoman Findley, broke up with her because she did not want to have children.
Smith was sentenced to life in prison for two counts of murder and was originally imprisoned in Columbia before being transferred to Leath following multiple sex scandals.
She revealed to reporters in 2015 that she had planned to commit suicide, in her children’s place, on the tragic day and that she is “not the monster society thinks I am.”
Smith and her ex-husband went on National Television to plead for the safe return of their children before she confessed to killing the young children.
She revealed to reporters in 2015 that she had planned to commit suicide, in her children’s place, on the tragic day and that she is “not the monster society thinks I am.”
“I had planned to kill myself first and leave a note telling what had happened,” Smith said. “I didn’t think I could face my family when the truth was revealed.”
Smith attempted to take his own life at age 40 in 2012 after a long history of depression.
Her stepfather, Beverly Russell, admitted during the initial court case that he had sexually abused Smith as a teenager and had consensual sexual relations with her as an adult.
Russell mortgaged his house to pay for Smith’s defense and said it wasn’t all his guilt to bear.
For now, Smith is still eligible for parole on November 4 in which she will request a release hearing, something her ex-husband opposes.
