Susan Smith, in prison for the cold-blooded 1994 murders of her two young sons, had no shortage of romantic suitors during her incarceration — but now that she has a shot a freedom none of the lovelorn men will vouch for her.Smith has not been able to find a single character witness to testify on her behalf at her upcoming parole hearing on Nov.20, sources told The Post.
“Yeah, they all wanted just one thing out of her,” said a relative of the 53-year-old killer.“But they didn’t want to put their full names on the record to argue that she should get out of jail.” The Post reached out to four of the men who regularly called and messaged Smith.
Two of them did not return calls, one hung up, and the fourth one groaned audibly when he heard Smith’s name.“I am not going to stick my neck out for her, and then have her run off with another guy,” the suitor, in his early 60s, told The Post.
“I’m no chump.”“I found out that if I support her, my name and address become public record,” he continued.“I don’t need that s–t in my life.”But while Smith has been unable to garner any support for the hearing, the people who oppose her release are flooding the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services with nearly 150 letters condemning her.
While the letters are not publicly accessible, the Smith family source previously told The Post that many of them are full of nasty comments about Smith’s attempt to get out of prison after 30 years.In addition to the letters from the general public, those closer to the case also plan to vehemently oppose her parole.Former prosecutor Tommy Pope and Smith’s ex-husband, David Smith, plan to testify against her release.“The belief was that she would spend her time thinking about [her murdered sons] Michael and Alex,” Pope told Greenville Online.
“It’s clear she hasn’t been thinking about Michael and Alex.”“She’s having sex with the guards and now got guys that want...