Murderous mother Susan Smith, 49, exchanged romantic messages with at least SIX men in prison – following sex, drug and self-harm offenses while serving a life sentence for drowning her two sons

Child murderer Susan Smith exchanges flirtatious messages in prison with at least six men while serving a life sentence for the murder of her two sons.

The South Carolina mother has corresponded with the men behind bars at Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood.

One of her lovers even created a fictional version of their life together in the game The Sims, naming a child Michael as a tribute to one of the sons she drowned.

Meanwhile, several have offered her a place to stay after she is released ahead of an upcoming parole hearing in November 2024.

It comes after numerous prison breaches for sex, drugs and self-harm.

Child murderer Susan Smith (pictured in undated mugshot) has had romantic correspondence with at least six men from prison

Smith made the connections while serving a life sentence at Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood, South Carolina, for the murders of her two sons, Michael, 3, and Alex, 14 months

David and Susan Smith arrive at the Union County Sheriff’s Office in Union, South Carolina on October 27, 1994. Her family said she had always had a “chaotic” love life.

Smith has served 27 years in prison for drowning her two sons in 1994 by strapping them into the back of a car and letting it roll into a lake after the man she was having an affair with said he didn’t want children.

The cold-hearted murderer’s family were not surprised by her love life, which they described as “chaotic”.

“That’s Susan for you.” She has always had a chaotic love life. Some things don’t change. But she seems happy,” a relative told The Messenger.

The outlet also provided an exchange between Smith and a man who nicknames her “Pookie.”

“Dearest Pookie,” he wrote on August 13, “I’ve been thinking about you and I miss you sooooo much.” I hope I can do something for you soon… I love you so much it hurts, your Pookie .’

The admirer who has built a fake life in the Sims is a 60-year-old airline pilot.

While another revealed that he arranged a chat with Smith while the woman he lives with goes out.

“I just find her interesting and misunderstood.” “She’s not what you think,” said one of the organization’s men.

Police officers, one in scuba gear, chat on the lakeshore as they search the bottom of the water for the car of Susan Smith, who admits to drowning her sons in John D. Long Lake

A shrine was erected on the shores of John D. Long Lake where Smith’s sons drowned, claiming they had been kidnapped

“She’s a good person who did a terrible thing when she was young and out of her mind.” “People can change.”

Another didn’t mind that he was one of several applicants.

“I don’t judge her,” he said: “She’s free to talk to anyone she wants. ‘I love her and want her to be happy.’

Smith is one of South Carolina’s most notorious murderers due to the heinous crime she committed at the age of 22.

She was convicted of murdering three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex after a man she was having an affair with said he didn’t want children.

Smith’s boys disappeared on October 25, 1994.

That day, she told officers that they had been kidnapped in a carjacking by an unknown black man, and she cried on national television as she and her husband, David, begged for their safe return.

But her story quickly unraveled and she was forced to admit that she strapped her children into the back of her car and let it roll into a lake.

It was claimed she committed the heartless crime after a man she was having an affair with, Thomas Findley, broke up with her because he didn’t want children.

David Smith, the boys’ father, leaves the church after the funeral service for the two boys

David Smith holds up a picture of his murdered sons Michael and Alex and smiles after his ex-wife [Susan] Smith was sentenced to life in prison for two counts of murder

Smith was sentenced to life in prison for two counts of murder but remained in trouble behind bars, receiving at least five violations including self-mutilation and use and possession of narcotics or marijuana.

Smith was punished twice in 2010 and once in 2015 after being caught with marijuana and narcotics.

She was initially imprisoned in Columbia, but had to be transferred to Leath after several sex scandals.

In 2000, at the age of 28, she was punished for having sex four times with 50-year-old prison guard Houston Cagle – who was later sentenced to three months in prison for the affair.

Smith confessed to the sexual encounter with Cagle after he tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease.

The following year it emerged that prison warden Alfred Rowe had sex with her and he was sentenced to five years’ probation and fired from his job.

Former cellmate Stephanie Hulsey said Smith also had a girlfriend in addition to her male lovers.

Smith insists she is “not the monster society thinks I am,” revealing to reporters in 2015 that she had planned to kill herself rather than her sons on the night of the tragedy.

Smith will be led into the penalty phase of her trial after the first day of testimony from the Union County Courthouse. Smith was convicted of the murders of her sons on October 25, 1994

“I had planned to kill myself first and leave a note telling what happened,” Smith said. “I didn’t think I could face my family when the truth came out.”

She also dismissed claims that she hurt her children because they were with a man as “so far from the truth” and said she was not of sound mind at the time of the murders.

In 2012, aged 40, she attempted suicide after smuggling a razor blade and suffering from long depression before the murders.

Her stepfather, Beverly Russell, admitted in the first trial that he abused Smith as a teenager and had consensual sex with her as an adult.

He partially mortgaged his home to pay for Smith’s defense in court, saying the blame did not lie solely with her.

Findley testified that it was Smith’s affair with Russell that sparked the murders after her husband, David Smith, found out about it and threatened to make it public.

Smith has a parole hearing scheduled for November 2024, where she will request a release hearing, which her ex-husband rejects.

THE SUSAN SMITH SAGA: A TERRIBLE DECEPTION THAT BINDED AMERICA

Smith’s sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex, disappeared on October 25, 1994.

She told officers that they had been kidnapped in a carjacking by an unknown black man, and she cried on national television as she begged for her safe return.

Nine days later, Smith confessed, and the boys’ bodies were found in the car just yards from a boat ramp at John D. Long Lake in Union County.

Smith was convicted in July 1995. Prosecutor Tommy Pope had sought the death penalty and considered the case a loss.

Smith’s lawyers fought vigorously to save her life.

They brought up testimony that she had sex with her stepfather and several other men to argue that she was depressed and planned to stay in the car and commit suicide with her sons, but decided to get out after she hit the emergency brake had solved.

The case angered the black community because Smith claimed a black man kidnapped her and drove off with the children.

TIMELINE

October 17, 1994: By most accounts, the Susan Smith saga really began when a man named Tom Findley, with whom Smith was having an affair, broke things off. In a letter he wrote that he didn’t want children.

October 25, 1994: Susan Smith drowned Alex and Michael in her car as she drove off a boat access ramp to the lake

October 25, 1994: Smith tells police she was attacked by a black man who drove away with the boys

November 2, 1994: Smith and her husband David famously appear on national television. Smith tearfully begs for the boys’ return

November 3, 1994: Smith confesses to drowning Alex and Michael. That same day, divers recovered the boys’ bodies from under 18 feet of water

July 22, 1995: A jury finds Smith guilty of two counts of murder

July 28, 1995: Smith is sentenced to life in prison

September 11, 2000: Smith is found guilty of sexual misconduct after he was caught engaging in sex acts with two correctional officers, both of whom were fired.

Smith was revoked 45 days of recreational privileges and 75 days of cafeteria privileges

Smith was also disciplined in April 2009, April 2010 and June 2012.

Sources: The State and S.C. Department of Corrections via Herald Online