Susan Smith redux:

Murder charges sought in boys' deaths in SC river

By SEANNA ADCOX (AP) – 1 hour ago

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Two young boys were pulled dead from the child seats
in their car in a river and a South Carolina sheriff said Tuesday he
expects to press murder charges against their mother.

Speaking on CBS' "Early Show," Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams
said there were inconsistencies in the mother's account that she'd been
in an accident, such as her clothes being dry.

"For someone who had just plunged into the Edisto River here, of course,
and had two children in the car, her clothing wasn't damp," Williams
said of Shaquan Duley's initial report.

The sheriff also noted that Duley, 29, walked some distance from the car
to find help when there were nearby houses.

Williams said investigators were ready to present their case to a judge
in hopes of getting murder charges against Duley, who was in custody
Tuesday.

Duley was arrested Monday and was being held on a charge of leaving the
scene of an accident after her two sons were found dead in a vehicle in
the North Edisto River, still strapped into their car seats.

Autopsies were planned Tuesday on the bodies of 2-year-old Devean C.
Duley and 18-month-old Ja'van T. Duley to determine how they died.

Neither Williams nor Coroner Samuetta Marshall returned telephone calls
early Tuesday from The Associated Press.

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Shillings Bridge incident reminds many of Susan Smith case

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - In 1994, the nation watched in shock as Union
County Sheriff Howard Wells announced the arrest of Susan Smith on two
counts of murder in the deaths of her sons.

Fast forward 16 years, and a new case from Orangeburg County is drawing
similarities from the Smith case. Both cases involve investigators
questioning the mother's story of what happened.

Smith pleaded for the return of her young sons. She claimed a carjacker
stole her car with her children in the back seat.

About one week later, investigators pulled Smith's car from the bottom
of Lake John D. Long near Union with two young bodies strapped inside.

Wells and the Union County Sheriff's Department charged Smith with murder.

A jury convicted Smith of the murders of 3-year-old Michael and
14-month-old Alexander. She is currently serving a life sentence.
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Ms. Smith claimed a *black* carjacker took her car. Typical South
Carolina racist bull****.



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