What Happened To Susan Smith's Ex-Husband?

Seven years after losing his sons, David Smith told WYFF he worried about having more children. "There's no way I can make it [through] burying another child. This man is not strong enough to do that again," he explained. However, that changed after his daughter Savannah was born with then-partner Tiffany Moss. "I looked at her and she was looking at me and I promised I wouldn't be afraid to love her and take care of her and always protect her and be there for her," he recalled.

Tiffany and David married in 2003, detailed Go Upstate. Savannah wasn't planned, but, "I think God knew for me to have any more [children], it had to be by chance," David said. He added as soon as she arrived, he was "thrilled." David also has a son, Nicolas, who was born after Savannah, via a separate relationship. "I've said before, I admit to being a lousy husband, but I've always been a good father to my kids," David detailed. "I enjoy being a father very much. I mean there's no greater love in the world than loving a child," he added. During a chat with Oprah when Savannah was 8, David admitted it had "been a very long road" and he struggled immensely after his sons died. Despite those struggles, he declared, "I'm still here, I'm still making it every day." David has stayed away from the spotlight in recent years, seemingly preferring to live life with his new family privately.

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