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    Susan Smith refused parole, murderer Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison

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    This is a special edition of the Fox News True Crime newsletter.

    RECALL THE TEST: Mother killer Susan Smith was denied parole for 30 years after her sons drowned.

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    Susan Smith was convicted on July 22, 1995, of murdering her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler Smith. Initially, Smith claimed that a black man carjacked her while the two boys were still in her car. But her story unraveled and the woman admitted to rolling her vehicle into a lake with the boys tied up inside.

    Susan Smith was convicted on July 22, 1995, of murdering her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler Smith. Initially, Smith claimed that a black man carjacked her while the two boys were still in her car. But her story unraveled and the woman admitted to rolling her vehicle into a lake with the boys tied up inside. (Getty Images)

    FATHER’S NIGHTMARE: Susan Smith’s ex-husband is still broken 30 years after his sons’ murder.

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    David Smith cries

    Susan Smith told a suitor on the phone last month that she would be a “good stepmother” and “could see herself with children” in a recorded phone call. Grief-stricken David Smith, the prisoner’s former husband, is pictured weeping amid a crowd of mourners as he leaves the funeral for his children Michael and Alex. (Photo by Thomas S. England/Getty Images)

    IN TROUBLE: Killer mother Susan Smith was disciplined weeks before the hearing behind bars.

    STILL THE SAME: Ex-husband of murderous mother, on parole, says she craves attention and probably hasn’t changed.

    Legal ID photo of Susan Smith. She was convicted on July 22, 1995, of murdering her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith, born October 10, 1991, and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler Smith, born August 5, 1993. Susan Smith, when she first arrested in 1994. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images)

    Legal ID photo of Susan Smith. She was convicted on July 22, 1995, of murdering her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith, born October 10, 1991, and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler Smith, born August 5, 1993. Susan Smith, when she first arrested in 1994. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images) ((Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images))

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    ‘SAMPLE’: Murder of Laken Riley: Judge sentences Jose Ibarra after family confronts killer in court.

    ‘She fought’: Family of murdered Georgia students cry in court as witnesses describe evidence at the crime scene.

    Friends and family of Laken Riley react to the guilty verdict after it was announced by the judge in the murder charges of illegal migrant Jose Ibarra

    From left to right, Laken Riley’s roommate Connolly Huth, Laken Riley’s sister Lauren Phillips, and Laken Riley’s roommate Sofia Magana react as Supreme Court Justice H. Patrick Haggard announces the verdict during a trial of Jose Ibarra in Athens -Clarke County Superior Court, Wednesday, November 20, 2024, in Athens, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

    Watch: Laken Riley and Jose Ibarra seen on CCTV the day of the murder

    TRAIN OF EVIDENCE: Witnesses to the Laken Riley murder case describe finding a jacket in a dumpster and a cup with an alcohol odor.

    Watch: The police enter Jose Ibarra’s apartment

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    This article was written by Fox News staff.

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