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AwakeAtLast

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36. I was reminded of her when they interviewed the dad who left his kid in the hot car

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2014, 12:39 PM

Oct 2014

He had the same look on his face, same creepy expression, totally dead eyes.

Because of her case, I was able to see through his scheme and called it before he was charged.

Gave me the same chills and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

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Susan Smith: 20 years later, case still a shocker (She drove her kids into a lake) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 OP

Kicking to read later. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #1

She blamed the "carjacking black guy." MADem Oct 2014 #2

That story didn't fly. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #5

It probably took some effort to reel in comment with your customer--spiritual? MADem Oct 2014 #16

Smith was a very scary person under her facade. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #17

I think even that "reason" was bullshit. Mariana Oct 2014 #26

If she had not made up her story about the black man they might have thought that the same jwirr Oct 2014 #34

My dad called it really early on. joshcryer Oct 2014 #22

Smart daddy. MADem Oct 2014 #25

I thought it was bee-ess from the moment go. tenderfoot Oct 2014 #37

Ah yes....that stereotypical "black carjacker on the bridge!" That mystery black guy was a busy MADem Oct 2014 #41

i recall the racial aspects of the story. yes, she blamed a black man Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #32

She was a very sick woman but this does not justify Live and Learn Oct 2014 #3

Many a black person has lost their live built apon a lie. Stellar Oct 2014 #10

True Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #11

True Dat... Stellar Oct 2014 #21

IIRC, the head investigator didn't believe her story for one minute. He of course Nay Oct 2014 #35

Rule #1 if arrested ... vlyons Oct 2014 #13

You are pretty ignorant.. sendero Oct 2014 #19

I am not ignorant about they system at all. Live and Learn Oct 2014 #38

The courts disagree.. sendero Oct 2014 #39

That is one cold-hearted, evil woman. LuvNewcastle Oct 2014 #4

What she did still horrifies me to this day, Jamastiene Oct 2014 #6

I can understand it. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #12

I remember that whole thing, pretty vividly. Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #7

Just for the record: Her stepfather, a Republican offical, had been sexually abusing her for years Fumesucker Oct 2014 #8

Important. n/t LeftOfWest Oct 2014 #9

Did he ever go to jail for raping her? IdaBriggs Oct 2014 #23

Yes; More background on that and many other problems here: BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #29

He was also the local head of the 88 'Pat Robertson for President' campaign JHB Oct 2014 #30

I wonder if they children were his? jwirr Oct 2014 #33

She was raised on holier-than-thou hypocrisy ck4829 Oct 2014 #14

I read about downs as well marym625 Oct 2014 #15

It's a rare parent who doesn't love their children above all else. Chemisse Oct 2014 #18

Only a sociopath.. sendero Oct 2014 #20

I remember when this happened because I had just given birth on the 22nd logosoco Oct 2014 #24

I was nursing then, too. Laffy Kat Oct 2014 #27

Can't leave out Newt Gingrich's smearing Democrats with it JHB Oct 2014 #28

A sociopathic, narcissistic, race-baiting monster (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #31

I was reminded of her when they interviewed the dad who left his kid in the hot car AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #36

You know when she blamed some unknown African-American male malaise Oct 2014 #40