Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Susan Smith denied parole, Laken Riley killer sentenced to life

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

RELIVE THE TRIAL: Killer mom Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after drowning sons.

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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 with the two boys still inside her vehicle. But her story unraveled, and the woman admitted that she let her vehicle roll into a lake with the boys strapped inside. 

FATHER’S NIGHTMARE: Susan Smith’s ex-husband ‘still broken’ 30 years after sons’ murders. 

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David Smith weeping

IN TROUBLE: Killer mom Susan Smith disciplined behind bars weeks before parole hearing. 

STILL THE SAME: Ex-husband of killer mom, up for parole, says she craves attention and likely hasn’t changed.

Legal identity photograph 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 was first arrested in 1994. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images)

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‘MONSTER’: Laken Riley murder: Judge sentences Jose Ibarra after family addresses killer in court

‘SHE DID FIGHT’: Family of slain Georgia student sobs in court as witnesses describe crime scene evidence.

Friends and family of Laken Riley react to the guilty verdict after it's announced by the judge with regards to illegal migrant Jose Ibarra's murder charges

Watch: Laken Riley, Jose Ibarra seen on trail camera footage day of murder

TRAIL OF EVIDENCE: Laken Riley murder trial witnesses describe jacket found in dumpster, cup with alcohol smell.

Watch: Police enter Jose Ibarra’s apartment

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