How many times have you actively helped an underprivileged community? [4][7] He moved to Georgia, remarried, and was working as a personal trainer in 2016. Susan began calling Putnams home constantly, and his wife Kathy would pick up the phone and play the role of therapist for hours on end. After Mark Putnam was able to gain Susan Smith's trust, they started meeting two to three times every week. But before long, Mark Putnam started to look more and more like a potential suspect, according to Monsters & Critics. Three days later, Smith was reported missing by her sister, Shelby Ward. And according to "The FBI Encyclopedia," she hated their new location and "soon began demanding that he seek a transfer." . News Chant reports that Putnam put Smith's body in the trunk of his car. Initially, Mark Putnam was assigned to the Louisville office in Kentucky, and Kathy Putnam had already started looking for houses in the area. He didnt just kill one. After local townsfolk threatened his family in connection with ongoing cases, Putnam was transferred to Miami, much to his relief. See how the race baiting works? Seriously he suggested taking away her child to be raised by his wealthy privileged wife that already had children by him. Afterfailing, he confessed to Smith's murder on June 4, 1990, and told police where to find her body. In his written confession, Putnam said he strangled Smith in a fit of rage because she was threatening to tell his wife and superiors that she was carrying his child. That partnership, according to reports, soon became an affair. Years of struggles with alcohol had compromised her health. Its an old case that happened in 1989. Connecticut native Putnam was 27 years old and just out of the FBI Academy when he found himself stationed in Pikeville, Kentucky, a small Appalachian town three hours from Lexington with a practically unsupervised two-agent outpost. This story has been shared 142,081 times. ", According to the Los Angeles Times, medical examiners claimed that they were unable to find "any trace of a fetus" duringan autopsy on Smith, who was reportedly four months pregnant.
