Murdaugh Murders

Alex Murdaugh's defense called his surviving son to the stand Tuesday to poke holes in evidence prosecutors have presented in the disgraced South Carolina ...

In the space of one dramatic week in Colleton County Courthouse, the murder trial testimony has been sidelined by a bomb threat, bad behaviour from the ...

The post sparked an instant backlash and he was suspended without pay from the Nets. I just retweeted an article that was in the newspaper,” Mr Griffin responded. “Your honour, all I did was retweet an article that was published in The Washington Post. This came after a contentious back and forth between the defence and Mr Tinsley in the shadow trial. “It’s tempting,” Mr Harpootlian remarked as he held a gun indirectly pointed at the state’s table. The juror in question was already an alternate herself. The results of that drugs test remain unclear. as a reward for her honesty”. [Judge Clifton Newman questioned Mr Murdaugh’s attorney Jim Griffin about one of his tweets about the case.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-trial-jim-griffin-kyrie-irving-b2286570.html) [On Saturday, Mr Griffin shared a link to a ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-trial-jim-griffin-kyrie-irving-b2286570.html)The Washington Post op-ed titled: “Alex Murdaugh trial reveals a sloppy investigation.” The .300 Blackout rifle belonged to Buster, and has been used at the trial for demonstrative purposes as it is similar to the one believed to have been used in the murder of the defendant’s wife Maggie. Defence attorney Phil Barber told the judge that he “made a financial payment to a witness in the middle of a trial ... Mr Murdaugh was whisked off to an unknown location in a car while court staff, journalists and members of the public were rushed out of the building and its grounds.

Alex Murdaugh is accused of killing his son Paul and wife Maggie in a case that is being examined in Netflix's "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal."

Other defense witnesses expected to appear at Murdaugh's trial include his surviving son Buster and Murdaugh's brother, John Marvin, according to the publication. Murdaugh, 54, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in July 2022. He was first named as a person of interest in October 2021. Here is everything you need to know about Murdaugh and where he is now. According to [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-trial-live-coverage-crime-scene-witness-b2286214.html) [.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-trial-live-coverage-crime-scene-witness-b2286214.html) [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-jailhouse-calls-family-murder-net-worth-b2285546.html) reported on February 20 that Murdaugh is expected to take the stand at his trial. [video footage taken by Paul minutes before he died](https://www.newsweek.com/alex-murdaughs-innocence-claim-could-hinge-new-video-1778349), and this footage allegedly showed Murdaugh was at the scene as the prosecution claimed three voices could be heard in the clip: Murdaugh, his wife and son. He faces 30 years to life if convicted. [no physical evidence or murder weapon](https://www.newsweek.com/alex-murdaugh-motive-trial-court-case-latest-attorney-prosecution-1776763) implicating him in the crime, and Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty in the case. [ABC](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/abc) News 4 that she does not believe her son was killed in a hit-and-run and that his death was suspicious. [Netflix](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/netflix) documentary examines the suspicious deaths of Mallory Beach, a friend of Murdaugh's youngest son Paul, Stephen Smith, a friend of Murdaugh's eldest son Buster, Gloria Satterfield, the family's housekeeper, and the murders of Murdaugh's wife Maggie and son Paul.

Alex Murdaugh is currently on trial for the deaths of his son Paul and wife Maggie. 'Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal' streams on Netflix on February ...

[large settlement](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a40755054/shakira-tax-fraud-prison-case/), per [ABC](https://abcnews4.com/news/murdaugh-murders/judge-approves-43m-judgement-for-estate-of-alex-murdaugh-housekeeper-gloria-satterfield). At the time, the firm estimated Murdaugh had stolen over $1 million, per [PEOPLE](https://people.com/crime/murdaugh-family-murders-everything-to-know/). He primarily worked with settlements for fatal accidents and workplace injuries, according to the [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/alex-murdaugh-murders-what-happened-1b5922a399510407bc1e32d84add0111). [murder](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/g28068183/best-true-crime-documentaries/) in June 2021. He was initially arrested on fraud charges related to the Satterfield family's life insurance claim. Alex Murdaugh called 911 that night, reporting he found the bodies near the family's dog kennels, per The New York Times. Despite maintaining his [innocence](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/g29028290/best-true-crime-shows/), he was indicted on two counts of murder back in July of 2022, per [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/article/murdaugh-murders-alex-paul.html#:~:text=Mr.%20Murdaugh%20turned%20himself%20in,false%20police%20report%20%E2%80%94%20all%20felonies.). However the phrase ‘Murdaugh murders’ most often refers to the shootings of Paul and Maggie at their family hunting lodge in June 2021, per The New York Times. [Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal](https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789) opens with Mallory's death. [true crime docuseries](https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/g29028290/best-true-crime-shows/), [Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal](https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789), dives into the real events and sad story behind the killing of two members of an elite southern family from South Carolina. This led to an influx of wealth and power into the Murdaugh family. Alex Murdaugh, 54, is a member of the Murdaugh family in South Carolina.

In the Alex Murdaugh trial, his surviving son Buster Murdaugh testified his father was "destroyed' by the fatal shootings of his mother and brother.

Sutton indicated it would be even less realistic if the shooter were as tall as Alex Murdaugh, who stands at about 6 feet 4 inches, requiring the killer to fire while crouching over and holding the gun as low as his knees. "It's not an aiming position, it's not a shooting position. Sutton analyzed bullet holes found at the scene, particularly one left in a quail pen, as well as the location of shell casings found by Maggie's body to determine the trajectory bullets followed after they were fired. "It puts the shooter or whoever fired the weapon, if they were that tall, it puts them in an unrealistic shooting position," Sutton said. I walked in the door and saw him, gave him a hug," Buster Murdaugh said of seeing his father in the hours after he learned his mother, Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, and younger brother, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh, had been fatally shot. We went over at lunch a lot of times, went over in the evenings a lot, just no real set schedule," Buster said. But Alex Murdaugh never appeared "overly anxious" about the civil case, Buster said Tuesday. He described several efforts by his father to address his addiction, including going to a detox facility around Christmas in 2018. Instead, their case has relied heavily on circumstantial evidence that they say shows Murdaugh lied to investigators and was at the scene just minutes before the killings. The hearing was canceled after the killings. Maggie felt people in town were "staring at her and talking about her," Buster said, and she stopped going to the grocery stores and pharmacy there. "He was heartbroken.

The new true crime documentary looks at the boating death of Mallory Beach and the murders of Paul Murdaugh and his mother Maggie.

Later on, a detective from Colleton County Sheriff’s Office said that no blood was confirmed on the white shirt Murdaugh was wearing on the night of the murders. Murdaugh is facing approximately 80 charges for embezzlement and other fraud, including being accused of stealing money from his clients, according to the [subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article). [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/live-alex-murdaugh-trial-timeline-b2278124.html). [a forensic scientist told the court](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-raincoat-gunshot-murders-trial-b2277738.html) that 38 gunshot residue particles were found on the inside of a blue raincoat allegedly hidden in the home of Alex Murdaugh's parents, while a friend of Murdaugh's testified that he lied to him about going to the dog kennels that night. "A state grand jury was also empaneled to examine how officers investigated the crash." Altman said that when they then left the party at midnight, "Paul insisted on driving to a bar in downtown Beaufort". [The publication also reported](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/live-alex-murdaugh-trial-timeline-b2278124.html) that the prosecution claimed video footage taken of a dog by Paul minutes before his murder features three voices in the background. [$50,000 on drugs](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-drugs-roadside-shooting-b2283714.html), while the jury were shown a video of Murdaugh being interviewed by police, reportedly showing [discrepancies between his alibi and witness accounts](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11754777/Bombshell-moment-Alex-Murdaugh-confronted-police-evidence-proving-crime-scene.html). The boat then crashed at 2:20am into the Archers Creek Bridge and Beach fell into the water. The authorities spent eight days searching for Beach's body and on 3rd March, volunteers found her five miles from the crash scene. I did him so bad."

Day 22 of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial in South Carolina continued with more testimony from defense witnesses. The latest updates from court.

[As week five of the Murdaugh trial continues,](https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/17/how-alex-murdaugh-team-could-defend-him-on-charges-he-murdered-wife-son-sc/69916231007/) the former South Carolina attorney's defense team will continue where they left off on [Friday, Feb. 23, with the selection of the jury that would decide his fate in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in June 2021. Ball said Murdaugh told him at least three times he was not at the kennels that night, instead taking a nap before leaving to visit his ailing mother. Ball told the defense Murdaugh appeared to be The defense, however, did not ask him to identify any voices in another incriminating video taken by Paul minutes before his death. The judge has agreed with prosecutors to allow evidence of the other crimes to show Murdaugh killed his family to gain sympathy and buy time to hide his financial misdeeds. The double homicide trial of Murdaugh started Monday, Jan. They had Ball read a list of several clients he had to call on behalf of the law firm to tell them Alex Murdaugh lied and stole their money. While the defense had Ball highlight what he saw as problems at the crime scene and Murdaugh’s devotion to his family, prosecutors on cross examination used Ball to walk through Murdaugh’s apparent lies to police. 22 proceedings in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial or a replay upon completion. Newman said he will advise both sides if Murdaugh takes the stand. Ball arrived about 45 minutes after Murdaugh called 911 and described a chaotic scene.

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal has been released on Netflix. All about new true crime series telling real life story of twisted family murder case.

[The case is still ongoing](https://people.com/crime/murdaugh-family-murders-everything-to-know/), with Alex Murdaugh currently standing trial for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. But, next thing members of the Murdaugh family have been killed too, and a whole load of other twists and revelations come to light. Netflix has just dropped Murdaugh Murders, a true crime series which you are definitely going to become hooked on.

Streamer's three-part docuseries 'Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal' takes viewers inside one twisted, powerful South Carolina family.

A lot of the Murdaugh fascination stems from a particular kind of schadenfreude, the comeuppance of unbridled, influential wealth. It’s often entrenched in old money — the Murdaugh dynasty goes back several generations — that buys a lot of influence and can easily convince a powerful brood that it can get away with anything. It’s a good bet that towns across the country have a Murdaugh family. Murdaugh also admitted to hiring a family friend to shoot him in the head in a fake suicide attempt, hoping that a murder might help Buster collect on a $10 million life insurance policy. There was the strange death of a local teen, who was rumored to be having a sexual relationship with the elder Murdaugh son, Buster. There was the equally strange death of the Murdaugh family housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, who was said to have tripped over the family dogs and fallen on stairs at the Murdaugh home (shades of [Alex Murdaugh](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/alex-murdaugh-south-carolina-lawyer-financial-lawsuit-hit-man-1281378/) is currently on [trial](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/trial/) in Walterboro, [South Carolina](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/south-carolina/), for [the murder of his wife and younger son](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/alex-murdaugh-indictment-murder-wife-son-1382229/). The series benefits from these interviews with Paul’s friends and peers, including Mallory’s boyfriend, Anthony Cook, who considered Paul a good friend. 20/20: Fall of the House of Murdaugh premiered on Hulu in January 2022. Paul Murdaugh, described as a violent drunk, was at the wheel; he’s the younger Murdaugh scion who was later killed while out on bail. HBO Max checked in with Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty, which dug deeper into the family history, and CNBC’s American Greed series did a two-parter that concentrates on the family’s business dealings. It provides a crash course in the scandals and deaths that have engulfed the old-money Murdaugh family for years, including a fatal boating accident, the mysterious deaths of a family housekeeper and a local teen, a [staged would-be suicide](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/alex-murdaugh-murder-suicide-hitman-1227019/), and the [embezzlement of millions of dollars](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/alex-murdaugh-south-carolina-lawyer-financial-lawsuit-hit-man-1281378/).

He pleaded not guilty to those charges and is currently standing trial in Walterboro – part of the Lowcountry region of the Palmetto State which his famous ...

EST – Ball tells Griffin that he was trying to console Murdaugh and patting him on the back and Murdaugh said, “Look at what they did. Look at what they did to them.” He states he thought the phrasing “they” was odd. Ball says he asked if they were sure about that and Harvey said, “Yeah.” Ball further questioned saying, “Are you sure it’s okay for us to go the house?” He says he was worried because two people had been gunned down and he wasn’t sure if the house was part of the crime scene. EST – Ball states that the coroner came over and told them SLED was there and they were ready to start processing the crime scene. He states he thought it was odd and took pictures of the truck and sent them to SLED. Ball says that Harvey told him that everyone needed to leave and suggested they go over to the house. EST – Ball says the criminal aspect of the boating case was more concerning to Murdaugh than the civil complaint. When he pulled out one of the drawers in the desk, he found a legal tablet that had numbers written down on it that appeared to be a listing of debts and assets. He found checks that Murdaugh had deposited with his telephone that appeared to be funds from the Farris case laying on his top of his desk and in a drawer. EST – Ball states in conversations following the homicides, Murdaugh was always clear that he never went down to the kennels that after they ate dinner. EST – Ball says that the Murdaugh family legacy was very important to Alex Murdaugh. He also says that on the night of the homicides, Murdaugh was initially very concerned about Buster Murdaugh’s safety.

Currently, Alex Murdaugh is on trial for the murders of Paul and Maggie. The series starts this horrifying saga by first exploring the death of Mallory Beach.

The episode then cuts to a tranquil suburban home in the middle of the night. If you’re looking to learn the most about this case as quickly as possible, Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty on HBO is far superior. The Gist: It’s easiest to think of the three-episode Murdaugh Murders as a highly-specific guide to the ongoing Alex Murdaugh trial. Its first episode devotes most of the runtime to explaining the world of the Lowcountry. The series extends a great deal of sympathy to Paul. The question around Murdaugh Murders isn’t “Is this a good true crime documentary?” It’s “Is this a good examination of the Murdaugh case?” On that front, Netflix’s docuseries fails. This case has been covered so many times by so many different documentaries, podcasts, and journalists that the bar is high. That’s a far more generous reading of the situation than HBO’s Currently, Alex Murdaugh is on trial for the murders of Paul and Maggie. The episode then jumps to phone footage of notably young people drinking and laughing together. Footage of speeding boats is intercut with the flashing lights of police cars.”The Lowcountry, this place that we call home, this [is a] beautiful place,” a woman says in a voiceover. Though there are a litany of charges connected to this family,

WALTERBORO, S.C. (WSAV) — Week five of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial is underway and Murdaugh's defense team is set to hear from more witnesses.

Filmmakers Jenner Furst and Jennifer Willoughby Nason are well acquainted with true-crime tales. Their Emmy-nominated Hulu docuseries Fyre Fraud dug into the ...

In the docuseries, survivors of the crash allege that Alex spent the hours following the accident trying to line up their stories and point blame away from his son. (Alex’s lawyer [says](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/alex-murdaugh-shooting-arrest.html#:~:text=A%20day%20after%20he%20was,Mr.) a large portion of the money was used to pay for painkillers.) It was also shortly after Alex was allegedly shot in the head by a former client. We’re hoping that that creates a tidal wave to unlock the rest of the story. “We chose [to tell the story] through the lens of these young people who find themselves at a turning point in history—not just for their generation, but for three generations prior in which this family has been able to get away with murder, literally and figuratively.” (Alex has maintained his innocence in the killing of his wife and son.) The killings happened shortly after Alex was (The man has denied shooting him.) Alex admitted to [asking the man to kill](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/alex-murdaugh-shooting-arrest.html#:~:text=A%20day%20after%20he%20was,Mr.) him so his son could collect an insurance policy. The filmmaker made Dune knowing that the first part was dependent on the second. Paul was charged with drunkenly crashing the vessel; at the time of his death, he was out on bail. “Things were at peak insanity,” recalls Furst, explaining that he and Nason had no intention of trying to chase the “absurd” and relentless news cycle. So when they began working on a three-part Netflix docuseries about Alex Murdaugh’s astonishing alleged crime saga—which unfurled in the same South Carolina territory where his family of prosecutors and lawyers have held powerful influence for over 100 years—they were uniquely suited to navigate bizarre headlines. [pushed out](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/alex-murdaugh-shooting-arrest.html#:~:text=A%20day%20after%20he%20was,Mr.) of his family law firm after they claimed he misused millions of dollars. It had been several months since Alex phoned 911 to report that his wife Maggie and son Paul had been brutally murdered—the murders for which Alex is currently standing trial.

Day 22 of the Murdaugh murder trial and the defense is expected to call more expert witnesses.Those witnesses could include a cell phone evidence expert and ...

Alex Murdaugh is on trial for the murders of wife Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh and their son Paul Murdaugh, who were shot dead at their 1700-acre hunting ...

Evidence also presented at the trial has shown Maggie and Paul were aware Murdaugh was spending $60,000 a week on his 20-year opioid addiction. [Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh,](https://www.newsweek.com/alex-murdaugh-what-happened-where-now-murders-southern-scandal-netflix-1782473) 54, is currently on trial in Walterboro, South Carolina, for the killing of his wife and youngest son. This lookout was then allegedly intercepted by Maggie, so they killed her. He was then shot a second time when approaching the entrance of the kennels. It was argued that one shooter attacked Paul whilst another acted as lookout. She was hit by multiple bullets "in very quick succession" whilst facing the kennels, he added.

Netflix has released another true crime documentary series, this one based on the infamous Murdaugh family from the Lowcountry in South Carolina.

[ABC News](https://abcnews4.com/news/local/judge-approves-settlement-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-by-beach-family-boat-crash-mallory-beach-wciv) reports a settlement was reached between the Beach family and Maggie Murdaugh’s estate this past January. [The State](https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article271604292.html) reports that the settlement will award $530,000 “from the sale of the 1,772-acre hunting estate where Paul and Maggie were killed” to Buster as the Beach family agreed that Buster had suffered enough and felt he didn’t need to be part of the lawsuit any longer. Additionally, “Roughly $700,000 will go to settle the various outstanding debts and legal claims of Maggie’s estate. For those interested to know what has come about from the Beach family’s wrongful death lawsuit, keep reading as we answer some of the pivotal questions and provide background information. In 2018, the family’s long-time housekeeper Gloria Satterfield died after falling down the front steps of the Murdaugh’s Moselle property. Those two significant events are only the tip of the iceberg in a decade’s worth of financial crimes and mysterious deaths.

Landing on Netflix as the trial of Alex Murdaugh continues, "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal" will certainly benefit from its timeliness, but this ...

What “Murdaugh Murders” doesn’t do, ultimately, is make much of a case for watching it. The focus of the first two parts, rather, centers on the boat crash. Relying almost entirely on those involved to tell the story, the project has a slapdash feel from beginning to end, and finds the younger contingent, especially, to be poor narrators of what transpired.

Netflix's new true crime series Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal examines the deaths of Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and her 22-year-old son Paul ...

Smith died in 2015 from blunt force trauma at the age of 19 and his death remains unsolved, though it was officially ruled a hit-and-run according to The Augusta Chronicle. [Paul had been implicated in the death](https://www.newsweek.com/paul-murdaugh-margaret-murdaugh-double-murder-1600139) of his friend Mallory Beach in February 2019. [Paul was on bond](https://www.newsweek.com/charges-boat-crash-case-that-killed-1-dropped-after-double-homicide-1618885) on felony charges of boating under the influence, for which he had pled not guilty, waiting for a trial date at the time of his murder. She added that Murdaugh also made a comment about the incident that she did not understand. But there is [no physical evidence or murder weapon](https://www.newsweek.com/alex-murdaugh-motive-trial-court-case-latest-attorney-prosecution-1776763) implicating him in the crime. It has been reported that Murdaugh is 6 feet 4 inches tall. He was heartbroken. He faces a minimum of 30 years in prison, if convicted. "He was destroyed. [Alex Murdaugh](https://www.newsweek.com/alex-murdaugh-what-happened-where-now-murders-southern-scandal-netflix-1782473) was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime over the deaths of his wife and son. [as of February 22 is](https://www.newsweek.com/alex-murdaugh-trial-key-updates-this-week-1782234) [ on day 22](https://www.newsweek.com/alex-murdaugh-trial-key-updates-this-week-1782234). [Netflix](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/netflix)'s new true crime series Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal examines the deaths of Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and her 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh, who [were killed on June 7, 2021](https://www.newsweek.com/who-killed-maggie-paul-murdaugh-alex-murdaugh-theories-explained-1782988).

Day 22 of the Murdaugh murder trial and the defense is expected to call more expert witnesses.Those witnesses could include a cell phone evidence expert and ...

The judge in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial declined to issue a ruling Wednesday limiting prosecutors' ability to question the disgraced South Carolina ...

Additionally, he said that at the scene the night of the murders, Alex told him, "Look at what they did. But the defense maintains Murdaugh said, "They did him so bad." When he arrived, there were no barricades or police tape blocking the entrance to the property and people continued to arrive at the scene in cars. Newman previously ruled to allow the evidence after prosecutors argued Murdaugh killed Maggie, 52, and Paul to distract attention from his purported misconduct, which the state contends was about to be revealed at the time of the 2021 fatal shootings. The coroner, citing instructions from South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigators, eventually told them to gather at the house, which concerned Ball. Any objection, he added, would need to be addressed as the evidence is presented.

Alex Murdaugh, center, sits with his attorneys during his double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, February 16, 2023, in Walterboro, ...

Cooke testified Wednesday Murdaugh’s legal team saw the case as “defensible.” To him, it amounted to a case accusing Murdaugh of “negligent parenting.” Newman previously ruled to allow the evidence after prosecutors argued Murdaugh killed Maggie and Paul to distract attention from his purported misconduct, which the state contends was about to be revealed at the time of the 2021 fatal shootings. Cooke also rebutted the state’s framing of the June 10, 2021, hearing. Waters argued Murdaugh should be able to be questioned on any issue relevant to the case, including the alleged financial misdeeds. The Murdaughs’ Islandton, South Carolina, property was not cordoned off when the partner, Mark Ball, arrived the night of June 7, 2021, he said, soon after the bodies of Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh were discovered. But that hearing was canceled after Maggie and Paul were killed. But the defense maintains Murdaugh said, “They did him so bad.” Additionally, he said that at the scene the night of the murders, a “devastated” Alex told him, “Look at what they did. But the defense has portrayed Murdaugh as a loving father and husband who’s been wrongfully accused of murdering his 52-year-old wife and 22-year-old son after a shoddy investigation by law enforcement. Murdaugh faces 99 charges stemming from those alleged misdeeds separate from the murders. The coroner, citing instructions from South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigators, eventually told the group to gather at the house, which concerned Ball. “It just infuriated me that this young man had been murdered and there was still his remains there.”

The directors of the Netflix true crime documentary 'Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal' Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason break down the series.

Furst: We found ourselves in this position before, and we have the honor of working on behalf of the court of public opinion. But we wanted to include it to kind of take down the fourth wall, and it shows a cavalier aspect to him. But when we talk about the boat crash, and how we highlighted that for the majority of the series, it is interesting to see and hear in this trial how much Alex was interested in this crash. But in many ways, she is an angel of sorts — who becomes a martyr for a cause that has unfolded in the years to come — and reveals crimes that came before and after her death. Or are you waiting for the trial to reach a conclusion before making any decisions? And they wanted to partner with us to make sure the story is told the right way. But now there are all of these discoveries coming out, the videos and the audio of Alex, and it is exciting as filmmakers to see another trap door open. We knew that we had to construct a series that would need to exist and be relevant regardless of a trial or a verdict. But the idea that this trial, which we knew was coming, would fall right at the same time that our series would premiere was a level of serendipity that no one could have ever fathomed. Jenner Furst: This was a case that was playing out in the news, but when we finally hit the ground, Mike had already done this incredible work to meet members of the community and gain access. By September that year, it became clear in talking with Netflix that they wanted to understand our take, and if we could work to tell a story for their viewers. The most obvious one would have been to tell the story through Alex Murdaugh, a former solicitor who’s currently on trial for the 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.

The Murdaugh murders took place at 4147 Moselle Road in Islandton, South Carolina. Netflix's new docuseries highlights the scandals surrounding the family.

Proceeds from the sale will [reportedly](https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/judge-approves-settlement-between-murdaugh-estate-and-beach-family/) go toward a settlement between the Murdaugh estate and the Beach family. In regards to the double murder, no arrests were made until more than a year later in July 2022 when Alex was indicted for the murders of his wife and son, for which he’s currently on trial. The Murdaugh family is also allegedly connected to other controversial and tragic cases, including the 2015 death of Stephen Smith and the 2018 death of Gloria Satterfield. [scandals](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/g21051169/fixer-upper-chip-joanna-gaines-scandal/) and deaths surrounding the powerful, old-money Murdaugh family in South Carolina’s Lowcountry have attracted a surge in notoriety as of late. The 1,770-acre property was listed for sale in February 2022. Known as Moselle Farm, the property is located at 4147 Moselle Road. Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son were found dead at the family’s hunting lodge in Islandton, South Carolina. These killings became known as the Murdaugh murders and aside from being horrific, they likely gained even more media attention due to Paul Murdaugh's own ongoing trial, in which he was charged with a wrongful death suit for a fatal boat crash that occurred while he was boating under the influence. The surviving passengers are also included in the settlement. The latter also occurred at the family's Moselle estate. If you’ve tuned into any piece of the family’s story—from Alex Murdaugh's ongoing murder trial to Netflix’s new docuseries Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal—you likely want to know more about where the [murders](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a41059891/boise-murder-house/) took place and the state of the home now. Subsequent generations have served as solicitors and joined the family firm ever since.

Netflix's new true crime docuseries 'Murdaugh Murders' dropped on February 22. Here's what to know about Buster Murdaugh: His net worth, job, law career, ...

[ABC News](https://abcnews4.com/news/murdaugh-murders/lawyers-argue-murdaugh-sold-moselle-land-to-wife-illegally-family-must-turn-over-to-court). Brooklynn purchased the condo in 2021, a month after the Murdaugh murders, according to [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/us/buster-murdaugh-living-south-carolina-ahead-fathers-murder-trial-exclusive-pics). Brooklynn works as an attorney at Olivetti, McCray and Withrow Law Firm, according to [their website](https://omwlawfirm.com/attorney/brooklynn-h-white/). Alex Murdaugh sold the family estate, Moselle, to Maggie for $5 in 2016. He was found with deep gashes to his head on a Hampton County road, according to "The Beach family feels very strongly that whatever their faults were, Paul and Maggie didn’t deserve what happened to them. They recently reached a settlement for a "significant amount" of money, which removed Buster and Maggie's names from the case, per the A local outlet, [The ](https://www.postandcourier.com/murdaugh-updates/alex-murdaughs-jailhouse-tapes-have-dried-up-what-did-they-tell-us/article_e103cea8-3061-11ed-a207-57bb967ad471.html) [Post and Courier](https://www.postandcourier.com/murdaugh-updates/alex-murdaughs-jailhouse-tapes-have-dried-up-what-did-they-tell-us/article_e103cea8-3061-11ed-a207-57bb967ad471.html), then reported that "the family had paid a well-connected Columbia lawyer, Butch Bowers, some $60,000 to help secure Buster’s readmittance." “He was heartbroken,” Buster testified in court, according to He told the court that the Murdaugh family had “a lot of guns” and his brother, Paul, left guns around the property more than anyone else, according to the “He has put his desire to go to law school on hold for now,” the Murdaugh's lawyer told The Post and Courier. He has been charged with their murders, but has maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty to the crimes.

Netflix's new true crime series, "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal," explorers the various deaths of five people over the course of six years.

However, Paul, who was reportedly driving the boat while intoxicated, accidentally crashed it into a piling, according to both the docuseries and Three years after Stephen died, the Murdaugh housekeeper (who was a second mother to Alex Murdaugh's youngest son, Paul Murdaugh, according to Paul's ex-girlfriend, Morgan Doughty), Gloria Satterfield, was injured while working at the Murdaugh house and later died. Maggie had been shot several times in the chest and back. Five of the teens were thrown from the boat and suffered serious to mild injuries, but the sixth person on the vehicle, 19-year-old Mallory Beach (pictured left in the above photo), never surfaced. [The Post and Courier](https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-hospital-found-paul-murdaugh-had-high-blood-alcohol-level-after-2019-boat-crash/article_54497f7a-e63f-11eb-8cc1-4f96b1c99b6d.html). (However, there does not appear to be any new updates about the exhumation at this time.) And no autopsy was performed [at the time]." The 19-year-old had severe head trauma and, as one of the troopers there that night said in the documentary, "Nothing at the scene appeared that it was a vehicular accident." Buster, and possibly one or two other people, who happened to be in the area, pulled up and offered him a ride. Morgan Doughty, Paul's girlfriend, shared that Alex Murdaugh was addicted to painkillers and Gloria had allegedly found drugs taped underneath Alex's bed. Stephen's case went cold, and when a private investigator hired by Stephen's mother dug into the murder, he spoke with many people who all said they had heard Buster Murdaugh — Alex Murdaugh's eldest son — allegedly committed the crime. However, there are more deaths involved with the wealthy and somewhat notorious Murdaugh family from South Carolina.

During the fifth week of the double murder trial of Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, Netflix premiered its docuseries, "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal."

HBO Max debuted its three-part docuseries, "Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty," in November. Murdaugh has already signed a $4.3 million confession of judgment in one lawsuit involving the Gloria Satterfield Estate. Along with the criminal charges, a slew of civil court cases have been filed against the disbarred South Carolina attorney. Murdaugh did not respond to requests for an interview from the filmmakers. The presence of high-velocity impact spatter on Murdaugh's clothes indicates that he was with one of the victims at the time of their death. 23 and is expected to last for another week or so. The third episode of the docuseries presents evidence that Alex Murdaugh was at home at the time of Paul and Maggie's deaths. While this doesn't prove Murdaugh is responsible, it does dispute his account of the evening. Some wondered if the killer might've been motivated by a desire to avenge Beach's death. and discovered his wife, 52, and son, 22, had been shot near the dog kennels on their property. on June 7, 2021 and didn't see either of his family members. He then texted his wife and son that he was going to visit his ailing parents.

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Ultimately the wound was just a graze and Murdaugh was released from the hospital that day. He was a known associate and occasional friend of Buster and several interviews in Murdaugh Murders mention cite rumors that the pair had a romantic relationship. 4, 2021, Murdaugh called 911 to report that he had been shot in the head while he was changing a tire on the side of the road. While SLED (and documentaries the world over) delve into the circumstances of Smith’s death, there is currently no public-facing evidence for the Murdaugh family’s involvement in his murder. Smith was a high school classmate of Murdaugh’s son Buster (not the currently deceased one) and was found dead from blunt force trauma on the side of the road in 2015. Several of these clients were deceased victims of vehicular accidents who Murdaugh sued on behalf of and then never delivered the winnings to their next of kin. It turns out that Alex Murdaugh had a nasty habit of winning financial settlements on behalf of his clients and then just keeping the money. Revelations that have come out since Murdaugh’s arrest, however, suggest that Alex may have been attempting to create a distraction to forestall the collapse of the house of cards that was his life. Thanks to what came next, however, the death of Mallory Beach was merely the opening salvo of a larger story. Paul is the platonic ideal of the “spoiled rich boy” archetype and the police arriving on the scene of the accident certainly treated him as such. In 2019, that all finally started to change thanks to the actions of one dipshit Murdaugh: Alex. Murdaugh Murders does an excellent job of telling this massive tale but it still might be helpful to run through the real life story of Alex Murdaugh, the Murdaugh family, and the many people they hurt.

Alex Murdaugh, formerly an attorney in Hampton County, is on trial for the July 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, both found shot to death on the ...

[Sign up for the Happiness is a Warm TV newsletter here.](https://t.news.newsobserver.com/webApp/mccSignUp?newsletter=newsobserver_happiness_warmtv_newsletter) ▪ Other deaths are covered: The Netflix series doesn’t ignore the other deaths connected to the Murdaugh family. Tinsley is very effective in delivering evidence that Paul was indeed driving the boat that night (the Murdaughs accused passenger Conner Cook of being the driver). We also hear from other parents of the kids on the boat that night, including ... ▪ More interviews with Paul’s friends: In addition to Doughty, we get interviews with other friends, including those on the boat the night of the crash. The videos give a much more intimate view of Paul and the friend group than we’ve seen so far.

On the witness stand, the prominent South Carolina lawyer blamed his addiction to painkillers for his lies to investigators, but said he did not kill his ...

Harpootlian said a wealth of evidence — texts, pictures, witness testimony and at least one video from the day of the crimes — would show that the Murdaughs were a happy family. “That’s the significance of what he was trying to prevent from being exposed.” Murdaugh was arrested at a Florida drug detoxification center and charged with swindling millions of dollars from the sons of Ms. July 8, 2015: The body of Stephen Smith, 19, was found on Sandy Run Road in Hampton County, S.C. Smith ran out of gas on the side of the road several miles away from where his body was found. Smith, who had been a classmate of Alex Murdaugh’s older son, was found dead on Sandy Run Road in Hampton, S.C., about 10 miles from the Murdaugh home, early in the morning on July 8, 2015. Murdaugh testified that later, he did go to the kennels, following after his wife and younger son on a golf cart. Prosecutors have suggested, based on tracking data from his car, that Alex Murdaugh did not have time to check on the bodies of his wife and son at the dog kennels — as he claimed — before making a 911 call. He admitted that he lied to investigators about his whereabouts, saying he was paranoid at the time and then got caught up in the lie. He is also asking about Murdaugh’s specific knowledge of various forms of evidence, including tracking data from cars. His wife, he said, was “such a lady.” While she “didn’t grow up in the swamp and in the country,” he said, she came to enjoy the area and raising their two boys. Then, he said, he drove over to check on his mother, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Former lawyer Alex Murdaugh took the stand in his own defense in the Murdaugh murders trial Thursday.

Some money was being used to fund what the prosecution called a "wealthy lifestyle," a term Murdaugh said he would not take issue with. He said he was using some of the money he stole from clients to buy pills, but not all of it. Prosecutors contend the purported misconduct was about to be revealed, and accuse Murdaugh of killing his wife and son to stave off those revelations. He said he lied because of "paranoid thinking" stemming from his addiction to opiate painkillers. And I can promise you that I wasn't doing any of that," Murdaugh said. "I can tell you for a fact that the person or people who did what I saw on June 7, they hated Paul Murdaugh," he testified. "Whether that came from me looking them in the eye or not, I can't answer that. Murdaugh testified he did not believe anyone involved in the 2019 wreck had anything to do with the murders. "There was nobody around the dogs didn't know," Murdaugh said. "And you disagree to my characterization that you've got a photographic memory about the details that have to fit now that you know ... "I do disagree with that," Murdaugh said. "So I know for a fact that I never, ever, ever created an alibi."

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Still, Murdaugh kept the badge he received as a volunteer assistant solicitor in his vehicle, he said, acknowledging he would “get better treatment” if he were pulled over. He took a golf cart to the kennels, where Maggie had let out the dogs while Paul was “fooling” with the tail of one dog that belonged to his friend. Paul’s injuries were particularly bad, Murdaugh said, and he recalled trying to check his son’s body for a pulse and trying to turn him over. For a time, Murdaugh himself wanted to be the solicitor, he testified. Murdaugh soon returned to the house and laid down on the couch, he said. Maggie and Paul weren’t there, he said, and Murdaugh assumed they were still at the kennels, so he went there. The state, however, contends the purported misconduct was about to be revealed at the time of the killings and that he fatally shot his wife and son in order to stave off those looming revelations. He had already showered, he said, and changed his clothes after sweating during a ride with Paul around the property earlier that evening – undercutting questions raised by the state about what he was wearing that night. Now they’re tasked with persuading a jury Murdaugh is telling the truth about the killings while acknowledging he was dishonest about other parts of his life. Prior to Thursday, Murdaugh had repeatedly denied being at the scene, telling investigators he visited his mother and found the bodies when he returned home later that night. “I did lie to them,” he said, blaming his addiction to opiate painkillers. That video has become a cornerstone of the state’s case, and prosecutors have used it to put Murdaugh at the scene minutes before they say Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, were killed, contradicting his repeated statements to law enforcement that he had not been there that night.

Alex Murdaugh is testifying in his own defense in a murder trial in which he is accused of carrying out an execution-style killing of his wife and son in ...

Murdaugh said he took the chicken out of the dog's mouth and placed it on top of a dog crate at the kennel — "and then I left." He added that he was in a tough spot financially after "spending so much money on [opiate] pills." He laid on the couch, he said, but then he opted to follow them, taking a golf cart down to the kennels. Asked by the 911 dispatcher when he last spoke to his wife, Murdaugh replied, an "hour and a half, probably two hours ago." Murdaugh said he and Paul had been driving around the property, checking on plantings for fields they used to hunt doves. Murdaugh said he tried to check for a pulse and tried to turn Paul over. He went into detail about how his dogs behaved — and he said one of the dogs, Bubba, had chased and caught a chicken. The threats were so "over the top," he added, that the family disregarded it. In court, Murdaugh said his phone had fallen between the seat and the console. Murdaugh admitted that he lied to investigators about his alibi — he has repeatedly said he didn't see his wife and son after they ate dinner at Moselle, their hunting estate. He then drove the Suburban to the kennels. "As my addiction evolved over time," Murdaugh said, he had incidents of great paranoia.

Former lawyer Alex Murdaugh took the stand in his own defense in the Murdaugh murders trial Thursday.

Some money was being used to fund what the prosecution called a "wealthy lifestyle," a term Murdaugh said he would not take issue with. He said he was using some of the money he stole from clients to buy pills, but not all of it. Prosecutors contend the purported misconduct was about to be revealed, and accuse Murdaugh of killing his wife and son to stave off those revelations. He said he lied because of "paranoid thinking" stemming from his addiction to opiate painkillers. And I can promise you that I wasn't doing any of that," Murdaugh said. "I can tell you for a fact that the person or people who did what I saw on June 7, they hated Paul Murdaugh," he testified. "Whether that came from me looking them in the eye or not, I can't answer that. Murdaugh testified he did not believe anyone involved in the 2019 wreck had anything to do with the murders. "There was nobody around the dogs didn't know," Murdaugh said. "And you disagree to my characterization that you've got a photographic memory about the details that have to fit now that you know ... "I do disagree with that," Murdaugh said. "So I know for a fact that I never, ever, ever created an alibi."

Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and youngest son, has begun testifying in his own defense in his double ...

Alex Murdaugh told investigators early in the case that he was not down by the kennels that night and had last seen his wife and son at dinner before finding bodies upon returning home from visiting his mother. He said that being asked about his relationship with his wife and getting tested for gunshot residue following the murders triggered his paranoia. Waters asked, to which Alex Murdough responded, "I disagree with that." "And you want this jury to believe a story manufactured to fit the evidence that you brought forth just yesterday after hearing this trial's worth of testimony?" ... I would never hurt Paul," Alex Murdaugh said. "On June the 7th, I wasn't thinking clearly," he said. Weeks into the trial, Alex Murdaugh was called to take the stand by his defense team on Thursday. Waters asked Alex Murdaugh if phone calls he made during that time, including to his wife, was to "manufacture an alibi." "No, I did not," Alex Murdaugh said. "I saw what y’all have seen pictures of," he told the jurors, crying. "It is an absolute fact that I am not manufacturing an alibi," Alex Murdaugh said. that night, when Alex Murdaugh said he was in his home getting ready to visit his mother.

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In 2018, Gloria Satterfield, who had been a housekeeper for Alex and Maggie Murdaugh for decades, died at Moselle, the family’s 1,700-acre hunting estate. A couple of months later, he was charged with the murder of his wife and son. “The double homicides of Maggie and Paul really changed everything.” Phone records from that night and the days following show that the investigators repeatedly called members of the Murdaugh family. “It is not an indication that there was incompetence, because you couldn’t have that much incompetence,” Tinsley says in the show. Paul Murdaugh—who was driving the boat when it crashed, with a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit—is the son of Alex Murdaugh, the main focus of the docuseries. Alex and Randolph Murdaugh showed up almost immediately, obstructing law enforcement from interviewing Paul and trying to convince another passenger, Connor Cook, to tell the authorities that he had been driving the boat. For over a century, the Murdaughs served as solicitors in the 14th circuit of South Carolina. He took the stand to testify in his own defense for the first time on Thursday, when he admitted to lying to police about never having been with his wife and son on the night that they were killed, blaming his longtime addiction to painkillers. And at times, they were above the law.” Four years ago, in the dark hours of a February morning, a boat crashed into a bridge on a chilly river in South Carolina’s lowcountry. In 2022, a three-part HBO docuseries, Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty, chronicled the family’s sinister legacy.

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Murdaugh, 54, is charged with fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul.

He said that, after returning home from visiting his mother, neither his wife nor his son was in the house. Once Alex Murdaugh started lying about being at the kennels, he said he felt he had to continue: “Oh, what a tangled web we weave. But several witnesses testified that they believed they heard Murdaugh’s voice along with his son and wife on cellphone video taken at the kennels about five minutes before the shootings. The once-prominent attorney had told police that he was napping and did not go to the kennels before leaving the house to visit his ailing mother in another town. Murdaugh lied about being at the kennels with his wife and son shortly before their killings for 20 months before taking the stand Thursday, day 23 of his trial. Prosecutors spent four weeks of the trial painting Murdaugh as a liar who stole money from clients and decided to kill his wife and son because he wanted sympathy to buy time to cover up his financial crimes that were about to be discovered.

Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, who is charged with killing his wife and son Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, said he plans to testify in the double murder trial.

He described how his addiction to opioids began after a knee injury and a series of surgeries and tried multiple times to kick the habit. Prosecutors allege Murdaugh killed his wife and son to gain sympathy and buy time to cover up his financial crimes that were about to be discovered. Murdaugh described his son Paul as a good man, who had been misrepresented in the media. [Murdaugh explains his actions, comments in the aftermath of the murders] [Griffin played the 911 call Murdaugh made after finding the bodies, and Murdaugh explained what he was doing while talking to the dispatcher. Murdaugh repeatedly said he didn't know why he went back to the main house get a gun and ammunition then indicated he thought the killer might be at large. In the rush to call family members, Murdaugh said they must have been an accident. Murdaugh could be heard on the 911 call saying "I should have known." Murdaugh broke down as he recounted discovering the bodies of his wife and son. Witnesses who saw Murdaugh in the minutes and hours after the shooting said they didn’t see any blood on him. "I know I tried to check him for a pulse. "I did lie to them," he said. Murdaugh said stopped briefly in her driveway before driving home and denied using that time to dispose of a murder weapon or bloody clothes.

As the end of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial draws near, the former Lowcountry attorney is testifying in his own defense.

He is now at least the 10th person to confirm Alex’s voice on that recording. [#Murdaugh]a photo of his flashing his solicitors badge at the hospital after the boat crash involving his son Paul… Lifting a badly wounded Paul, wearing the same shirt and shorts he was wearing when investigators showed up. Murdaugh blamed his lie that he was never at the family dog kennels, the scene of the crime, on his opioid addiction, saying it made him act irrationally. [#Murdaugh]’s voice at the kennels on Paul’s cell phone - at 8:44 June 7th, 2021. implying he attempted to wield influence over the investigation. He drove a golf cart there, and witnessed “chaos” there with the dogs. a few days after the killings. “Oh what a tangled web we weave,” he said. Griffin walked Murdaugh thru his 911 call to Colleton County dispatch. Murdaugh said he tried to tend to Paul and Maggie, while on the phone for 911. Murdaugh said he discovered the bodies of his wife and son after visiting his mother’s home.

Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney charged with murdering his wife and son, on Thursday admitted to lying to investigators about ...

Here's if Alex Murdaugh cheated on his wife Maggie, 15 years before he allegedly shot her to death.

When asked if he killed or would ever hurt his wife or son, Murdaugh replied: “I would never hurt Maggie and I would never hurt Paul.” The synopsis of which is as follows: “The Murdaughs were one of South Carolina’s most prominent families, but the death of teenager Mallory Beach in a drunken boating accident began the unraveling of their legacy. Taking the stand himself on February 23, 2023, Murdaugh spoke of his drug dependence in his testimony during the prosecution’s cross-examination and how “stealing money” from his law firm, Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick. At the time, in the bad place that I was, it seemed like the better thing to do.” He added that he had $12 million in life insurance for himself but neither Paul nor Maggie had life insurance policies. A cellphone video is the most damning piece of evidence against Murdaugh, it was taken by him about five minutes before prosecutors say the slayings took place and it captured Maggie’s voice in the background. His lawyer Jim Griffin told news outlets at the time that Murdaugh’s car, a Mercedes-Benz SUV, had a flat tire and he’d pulled over when someone opened fire, Murdaugh escaped with a superficial headwound. He also noted cellphone data that placed Murdaugh at the scene of the crime just minutes before his family’s phones would “go silent forever”. In his opening statement, Creighton Waters, the state’s lead prosecutor in the case, noted that neither Paul nor Margaret had defensive wounds, “as if they didn’t see a threat coming from their attacker.” The details of the injuries suffered by Murdaugh’s wife and son are “gruesome”, Waters told the jury. On September 6, Murdaugh released a public statement to say he’d resigned from his family’s law firm, Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, saying he’d “made a lot of decisions that I truly regret” (per [WCSC](https://www.live5news.com/2021/09/06/alex-murdaugh-releases-statement-after-weekend-shooting/)) and cited a [substance abuse problem](https://stylecaster.com/why-alex-murdaugh-kill-family/). Murdaugh is facing charges of double homicide in relation to the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and their son Paul, who were found shot to death on June 7, 2021. [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-affair-maggie-sister-marian-proctor-b2282406.html) described that while the jury was out of the room, Proctor claimed infidelity had happened 15 years ago and while Murdaugh and Maggie were able to work through it at the time, it was still a sensitive topic in their marriage, enough to bring it up with her sister shortly before [she was killed](https://stylecaster.com/how-buffalo-jim-die/). “I just came back.” He later told investigators he’d been spending the day with his mother, who has dementia, and her caregiver that day.

The prominent South Carolina lawyer is set to take the stand Thursday morning. He has denied killing his wife and son.

Mr. His wife, he said, was “such a lady.” While she “didn’t grow up in the swamp and in the country,” he said, she came to enjoy the area and raising their two boys. Prosecutors have said that Mr. Murdaugh carried out the murders and was an attempt to create an alibi. Then, he said, he drove over to check on his mother, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Murdaugh’s financial and social dealings, and prosecutors ended the day without having asked Mr. In his cross-examination of Mr. The prosecutor, Creighton Waters, held up a stack of papers relating to clients whom Mr. To many, he was a successful, fourth-generation lawyer who earned millions of dollars for his family’s firm and lived a life of comfort. It has also revealed what amounted to Mr. “I didn’t shoot my wife or my son any time — ever,” Mr. He conceded that he had pocketed a check he was supposed to hand over to his law firm.