Local Reporter’s Intuition Leads to Break in Tragic Town Mystery
Union, South Carolina — For local journalists, the coverage of Susan Smith’s case transcended the typical boundaries of a news story, morphing into an emotional whirlwind marked by hope, suspicion, and heartbreak. Initially assigned to a seemingly mundane feature on a border collie trainer, general assignment reporter Henderson found himself at the heart of a national tragedy when he was reassigned to cover the aftermath of a reported carjacking involving Smith. This reassignment stemmed from …