10 – The Murder of Susan Daniels Smith

10 – The Murder of Susan Daniels Smith

Susan Daniels Smith was working with FBI agent Mark Putnam and became enchanted with him. After she confronted him about being pregnant with his child, she disappeared. The case did not have many leads and was only solved when local authorities pressured the FBI to investigate her disappearance.

Show Sources:

Agent Who Killed Lover Ends Sentence by the Courant

Above Suspicion: The Disturbing Story of the FBI Agent Who Strangled His Informant by The Line Up

Meet the Smiths by Best of SWLA

Susan Daniels Smith: ‘Betrayed’ — Mark Putnam, FBI Killer Of Pregnant Informant Found Dead In Pikeville, Kentucky, Subject Of New Crime Series On ID by Inquisitr

Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty To Slaying Kentucky Woman by AP News

Former FBI agent from Coventry due for release from prison by Journal Inquirer

The Girl From Lonesome Holler by Joe Sharkey

Susan Daniels Smith, Mark Putnam: FBI, ‘Above Suspicion’ Pikeville Killer Today by TV Crime Sky

Victim’s Sister Haunted by Slaying a Year After FBI Agent Confessed : Crime: Susan Smith’s family, believing her death was motivated by more than an unwanted pregnancy, is pursuing further investigation by LA Times

‘Above Suspicion’ and the ‘Female Gaze

Above Suspicion: An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion

Betrayed Season 1 Episode 10 – No Escape

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