Susan Smith, in prison for the 1994 murder of her two young sons, has carried on sexual and romantic relationships from behind bars with at least a dozen men in the past three years — but one of her lovesick suitors has finally had enough.
The man, who talked to her for more than 18 months, cut off all contact last year despite claiming that he had fallen in love with the killer mom.
He said after he started to feel like Smith was taking advantage of him, he told The Post.
The South Carolina resident — who is in his late 50s and divorced with grown children — said he feels “duped” by Smith, who he claims professed her undying devotion to him, only to carry on similar conversations with multiple other men.
“She always wanted something from me,” said the bitter man, who asked The Post not to use his name. “We’re not men to her; we’re marks. She’s always figuring out what she can get.”
The Post has reviewed Smith’s phone and message logs and verified that the man stopped talking to her last November.
“I saw in the news that she was talking to other guys, so I looked into it myself,” said the man, who is retired. “I actually got the transcripts and realized that she wasn’t being faithful.”
Smith, 52, has been exceptionally active in her jailhouse communications. She messages friends and suitors several times a day, and also carries on phone conversations — all of which are recorded and entered into public record.
Smith has been incarcerated at Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood, SC, for more than two decades after the notorious murder of her two sons.
She is up for parole later this year, and she’s told family members she believes she deserves to be released.
She was a 22-year-old mom when she let her car roll into John D. Long Lake in Union County, SC, with her boys — 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander — still strapped into their car seats. She stood on the side of the lake as the vehicle sank to the bottom, slowly drowning both boys.
Smith then falsely told police that a black man had carjacked her and kidnapped the boys, leading to a manhunt in which authorities went door to door among local neighborhoods that were predominantly African American.
Smith and her then-husband, David, appeared on national news every day, pleading for the boys’ safe return.
But nine days later, Smith finally confessed that there was no carjacker, and that she had drowned her sons in the lake.
Her alleged motive: She was having an affair with a wealthy man who didn’t want children. The car was pulled from the water with the two boys still strapped in their seats.
She was convicted of murder, but spared the death penalty and instead given life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
Smith’s first parole hearing for her life sentence is scheduled for Nov. 4 — and her suitors have been promising her cash, cars and a place to live.
“She’d always say she didn’t want to ask for anything,” says the suitor.
“But she’d give hints. And she’d accept anything I’d give happily. I loved her, but I don’t know if she loved me, even though she said so. I don’t think she is capable of loving anybody but herself.”
