Article: Grand Jury Indicts Smith In Her Children's Deaths

A grand jury spent less than three hours yesterday before indicting Susan Smith on murder charges in the drownings of her two young sons.

Smith, 23, is accused of pushing her car down a ramp into John D. Long Lake on Oct. 25 with her children strapped in car seats.

The case drew nationwide attention after she claimed her children, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex, were kidnapped in a carjacking. She made several tearful appeals on national television for the return of the children before confessing nine days ...

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