Clomp

The other shoe finally drops:

The mother of a 7-year-old boy who claimed a carjacker killed her son was arrested Monday and charged with murder in her son's death, Greenville County Sheriff Steve Loftis said.

Amanda Reagan Smith was arrested nearly three months after she told authorities that a knife-wielding carjacker forced her to drive to a secluded, wooded area in Greenville on Aug. 12. Once there, she said the carjacker locked the car doors and pressed a pillow to the face of her 7-year-old son.

"Investigators have concluded that Amanda Smith is responsible for the death of her son," Loftis said during a news conference in Greenville. "We are confident that we have the suspect in jail now."

Brad Willis of Rapid Eye Reality has been following the Devon Epps case closely and has much more. Law enforcement's biggest clue to the public that something was amiss came immediately after the crime was reported: not only did they decline to do a massive manhunt for any knife-wielding, carjacking, child-smothering homeless man, they said, "Don't worry about it." Then they winked.
No doubt this fun-loving gal has enjoyed these past few months sans the little style-cramper but it looks like Amanda Smith has had her last jell-o shot. The only bars she'll see are the ones she's behind.
But don't fret her prison life will be too bleak - being behind bars hasn't kept fellow South-Carolinian son-dispatcher Susan Smith from the occasional good time.