Carjacker in Union abducts 2 toddlers (10/26/94) -- Union County Sheriff's deputies were looking for a man who carjacked a woman's Mazda Protege with her two small children in it late Tuesday night.

Children's kidnapper still eludes authorities (10/27/94) -- Susan Smith said she stood in the middle of a rural highway Tuesday night and screamed "I love y'all" as a stranger drove into the darkness with her two screaming children.

Union County residents rally to search for kidnapper (10/27/94) -- As word spread Wednesday of the abduction of two toddlers, the people of Union County formed private search parties and prayer chains in hopes that the children would be found safe.

Police fail to get leads (10/27/94) -- Despite an intensive effort by area law enforcement agencies, the whereabouts of two brothers abducted during a Union County carjacking remained a mystery late Wednesday.

Safety tips can help reduce chances of successful carjacking (10/27/94) -- Authorities say Tuesday's reported carjacking in Union County should be a sharp dose of reality for motorists.

Nation searches for 2 little boys (10/28/94) -- After two days of the most intense police investigation in Union County history, police are no closer to learning who abducted two small children during a carjacking earlier this week.

Yellow ribbons fly for Union children (10/28/94) -- Yellow ribbons were tied to trees, telephone poles and doors and worn in lapels Thursday, as the people of Union County remembered two little boys.

'We are not ruling out anything' (10/29/94) -- Faced with no solid clues in the abduction of two Union County children, Sheriff Howard Wells said Friday he has not ruled out any suspects, including the boys' parents.

Children pray for playmates (10/29/94) -- As area law enforcement launched a massive search for two little boys, the children in Judy Cathcart's care knelt by a sofa and prayed: "Help this man bring Michael and Alexander back to play with us."

Frustration mounts in search (10/30/94) -- Sheriff Howard Wells admitted Saturday that law enforcement is feeling some frustration as the search for two toddlers who've vanished without a trace stretched through its fourth day.

World focuses on small town (10/30/94) -- A week ago, only the residents cared about this place. This week, the whole world is looking on the map to find this small textile town.

City of hospitality is uneasy in glare of spotlight (10/30/94) -- In this historic, small town, strangers usually leave as friends and are always welcomed back. And it doesn't take newcomers long to figure out why Union's long-time motto, the city of hospitality, is more than just a slogan painted on the welcome sign on the outskirts of the town.

Authorities follow leads to dead end (10/31/94) -- Law enforcement agents chased more leads Sunday in the abduction of two Union County toddlers. But at the end of the fifth day of their search, they were no closer to finding the children.

Search for brothers goes high-tech (10/31/94) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Saturday brought the same high-tech equipment used to crack the World Trade Center bombing to Union in hopes of finding Michael and Alexander Smith, missing since Tuesday.

Police regroup to search (11/1/94) -- Police had no solid leads to follow and nothing to search Monday for the first time since two Union County toddlers disappeared last week, prompting officials to plan new ways to investigate the puzzling incident.

It was still Halloween in Union (11/1/94) -- Hundreds of children in Halloween costumes put a smile back on the face of downtown Union Monday afternoon. The youngsters descended on stores and businesses for more than an hour in the downtown merchants' annual trick or treat outing for children.

Parents aching to hug sons again (11/2/94) -- Here is a word-for-word account of a message from the Smith family as read by family spokeswoman Margaret Gregory during a press conference Tuesday morning: "No one here can begin to imagine how upside down our lives have been turned since last Tuesday night."

Smith friend not a suspect in abduction (11/2/94) -- Union County Sheriff Howard Wells said during an evening news conference Tuesday that statements by Mitch Sinclair were misconstrued by the media and that he did not mean what he had said on a national television program.

Authorities search Smith home (11/3/94) -- Law enforcement Thursday afternoon searched the home of Susan V. Smith, the Union County woman who reported a carjacking and the abduction of her two sons.

911 tape released (11/3/94) -- A tape of the emergency call made for Susan V. Smith the night she reported being carjacked and her two children abducted was released by Union County Sheriff Howard Wells on Wednesday.

Klaas says family making a mistake by not talking (11/3/94) -- The father of Polly Klaas, whose kidnapping from her California home last year captured national attention, says David and Susan Smith of Union are making a mistake by not being more open with the news media.

Mother confesses to two boys' deaths (11/4/94) -- Nine days after a Union woman said she stood in the middle of a dark highway and watched a man drive away with her screaming children, Susan V. Smith confessed to killing them.

Black residents hurt, angered (11/4/94) -- The silence from a disbelieving crowd who just had learned a Union County mother was charged with murdering her two children was broken when a black man began shouting sentiments of many of the black residents of this small town.

Community saddened, outraged by confession (11/4/94) -- The world held out hope to the very end that Alex and Michael Smith would be found alive.

Susan Smith's handwritten confession (11/23/94) -- A copy of Susan Smith's handwritten confession to drowning her 2-year-old son Michael and 14-month-old son Alex.

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