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Susan Smith

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25 appearances

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Dateline NBC
Return to the Lake

I would like to say to whoever has my children that they please. Please bring them home.

Dateline NBC
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I want to say to my babies that your mama loves you so much.

Dateline NBC
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Well, I appreciate you calling. That means a lot.

Dateline NBC
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Yeah. So... Well, it is worrying me. Yeah. I'm trying to... I'm trying not to... Think about it.

Dateline NBC
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I walked out feeling a lot better than I did when I walked in.

Dateline NBC
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It's been real difficult.

Dateline NBC
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I think what's kept me going more than anything is the Lord.

Dateline NBC
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No, ma'am, I was not there, and I do not know. I did agree, sign a form for them to do that.

Dateline NBC
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Well, my first reaction is it hurts to know that I would be accused or even thought that I would ever do anything to harm my children.

Dateline NBC
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Well, I feel better now that that came out. But still worries me about anybody else.

Dateline NBC
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What was she like in high school?

Dateline NBC
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I was stopped at a red light, and just out of nowhere, this black guy came up and just opened the door and jumped in the car. And he had a gun, and he had it pointed at my side and told me to drive, and so I did. And when I tried to ask him why he was doing this or whatever, he just told me to shut up or he'd kill me. So I just kept driving, driving.

Dateline NBC
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My babies were in the back seat, and they were crying. And I tried to tell them everything was going to be okay.

Dateline NBC
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He told me, get out. And I said, well, can I get my children? And he said, no. He said, I don't have time for that. And they were just crying.

Dateline NBC
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Yes, if anybody sees anything that looks unusual. I mean, this is a black guy with two white children. Obviously, they're not his.

Dateline NBC
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First of all, I want to say how very sorry I am

Dateline NBC
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And I would give anything if I could go back and change it. And I love Michael and Alice with all my heart.

Dateline NBC
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I'm sorry that I put them through that. I really, really am. And I'm especially sorry to the divers that I had to find them. I wish I could take that bag. I really do. I was really, I didn't want to get away with it. I really didn't. I was just scared. I didn't know how I could tell the people that loved him that they would never see him again.

Dateline NBC
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I didn't know how I could tell David he couldn't see his son again.

Dateline NBC
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I grew up and I knew that I needed to stop making dumb decisions and I did. I just, I knew it was time to just to grow up and do the right thing. I just made a lot of dumb choices and mistakes in here. So I know I've learned from those mistakes.

Dateline NBC
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I am a Christian and God is a big part of my life and I know he has forgiven me and it is by his grace and mercy that, and I have a lot of faith and I live by that every day. And I just ask that, that you, um, show that same kind of mercy as well.

Dateline NBC
Return to the Lake

Well, I feel better now that that came out. But it still worries me about everybody else.

Dateline NBC
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I miss you so much. Whoever has my children, please bring them home.

Dateline NBC
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It hurts all the way to the heart, and I'm a grandmother, and I said, what if that was my children?