Beverly Russell Jr. is an important player in the case of Susan Smith, who made national headlines for the killing of her two young sons in 1994.

Susan Smith’s stepfather, who molested her as a teenager and then resumed their sexual encounters after she married, came to court Thursday to claim partial responsibility for the murders she… ...

Susan Smith told police that Beverly Russell began molesting her in 1987, when she was 15–once after he’d returned from plastering the town with “Pat Robertson for President” posters.

Smith herself chose not to address the jury. Earlier Saturday, a social service worker described her 1988 investigation of charges Smith was molested by her stepfather, Beverly Russell.

Susan Smith’s stepfather was Beverly Russell, a prominent leader in the South Carolina Republican Party and local Christian Coalition in Union County. He testified in 1995 that he molested Smith ...

It was revealed that when Susan Smith was 15, she was molested by her stepfather, Beverly Russell, a leader in the local Republican Party, member of the Christian Coalition and a nephew of a governor.

The day of the drownings, a panicky Smith told Findlay that her ex-husband would publicly embarrass her by revealing she had carried on an affair with her stepfather, Findlay said. Beverly Russell ...

It was revealed that when Susan Smith was 15, she was molested by her stepfather, Beverly Russell, a leader in the local Republican Party, member of the Christian Coalition and a nephew of a governor.