DENVER (Court TV) — Thirty years after Susan Smith shocked America by drowning her two young sons in a South Carolina lake, the prosecutor who tried her case revealed never-before-heard details at CrimeCon 2025.

Tommy Pope kicked off his talk with a Rush song, a PowerPoint full of ’90s clip art, family photos, and Andy Griffith references — joking that his accent made him sound more like a weatherman warning of a tornado than a prosecutor. The lighthearted opening gave way to a sobering journey through the Smith case, the investigation and the haunting images that have stayed with him decades later.

A Mother’s Betrayal

Former prosecutor Tommy Pope shared how the unprecedented coverage shaped the case during his presentation at CrimeCon 2025 in Denver, Colorado. (Court TV)

In October

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