The search for Susan Smith’s children [Video]

Convicted killer Susan Smith will soon be eligible for parole on Nov. 4, according to the Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood, South Carolina.WYFF 4 decided to take a look back on the case of Smith and the alleged disappearance of her children.(Video above: Archived video from early on in the search for Susan Smith’s kids)Around 9 p.m. on Oct. 25, 1994, Shirley McCloud was reading the newspaper in her home, which was about a quarter of a mile away from John D. Lake, when she heard a woman wailing on her front porch. McCloud turned on the porch light and found Smith crying hysterically. Smith cried, “Please help me! He’s got my kids and he’s got my car,” McCloud led Smith into her home, and Smith told her, “A Black man has got my kids and my car.” 911 was called immediately after.Union County Sheriff Howard Wells had driven to …