In 1994, a 23-year-old South Carolina mother, Susan Smith, reported to police that her two young

sons had been kidnapped during a carjacking. Authorities immediately began searching for three-year-old

Michael and one-year-old Alex, while the seemingly devastated mother appeared on television,

pleading for the safe return of her children.

Finally, after more than a week of an intense but fruitless investigation, there was a break in the case.

But not the kind everyone had been hoping for.

What really had happened to those two little boys, only their mother was able to tell.

And the truth was shocking.

Discretion is advised.

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Born on September 26, 1971, in Union, South Carolina, Susan was the only daughter of Linda Sue Harrison and Harry Ray Vaughn.

The family lived in a modest brick house on Siegler Road near Foster Park Elementary School, where Susan would eventually attend like her two older brothers.

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