1st officer: Alex Murdaugh didn't cry over dead wife and son
1 year, 11 months ago

1st officer: Alex Murdaugh didn't cry over dead wife and son

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first officer to arrive after Alex Murdaugh called 911 to report his wife and son were seriously hurt noted at the attorney's double murder trial Thursday that the suspect was upset but that he had no tears in his eyes. Daniel Greene's body camera footage from the crime scene at Murdaugh's South Carolina hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. Murdaugh’s lawyer questioned Greene at length on what he did at the crime scene, suggesting that officers disturbed potential evidence by walking around in the dark without flashlights, failing to look for shoe prints or tire tracks, and standing near the bodies after it had been established that they had died. As images of the bodies of Murdaugh's son and wife came up on the body camera footage, a second defense lawyer used a box lid to cover the screen in front of Murdaugh so the audience couldn't see it.

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Alex Murdaugh denied request for new trial
11 months, 1 week ago

Alex Murdaugh denied request for new trial

CNN  

Alex Murdaugh, left, confers with Phil Barber during a judicial hearing at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, South Carolina, on Monday, January 29. Paul Murdaugh was killed by shots from a shotgun, one of Paul’s “favorite guns,” Waters said. Waters added that Alex Murdaugh had this shotgun with him on the night of the killings and that “Maggie’s …

The Murdaugh family murders explained
1 year ago

The Murdaugh family murders explained

The Independent  

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Alex Murdaugh lawyers say he can’t afford trial as they float murder theory
1 year, 3 months ago

Alex Murdaugh lawyers say he can’t afford trial as they float murder theory

The Independent  

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South Carolina lawmaker Todd Rutherford stands to shake hands with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in court
1 year, 3 months ago

South Carolina lawmaker Todd Rutherford stands to shake hands with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in court

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Alex Murdaugh makes his first appearance in court since his murder trial
1 year, 3 months ago

Alex Murdaugh makes his first appearance in court since his murder trial

Associated Press  

BEAUFORT, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh appeared publicly for the first time since his murder trial at a Thursday state court hearing over the slew of financial crimes allegedly committed by the disbarred South Carolina attorney. Newman, the same judge who presided over the nearly six-week murder trial earlier this year, said the indictments were issued across many counties home to …

Alex Murdaugh planned a birthday party for his son Paul from jail 10 months after killing him, book claims
1 year, 4 months ago

Alex Murdaugh planned a birthday party for his son Paul from jail 10 months after killing him, book claims

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Alex Murdaugh allegedly planned …

Store that sold Alex Murdaugh’s son beer must pay $15 million to family of teen killed in boat crash
1 year, 5 months ago

Store that sold Alex Murdaugh’s son beer must pay $15 million to family of teen killed in boat crash

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The family of a teen killed in a boat crash, which prosecutors say began the financial downfall of double murderer Alex Murdaugh, has reached a $15 million deal to settle a lawsuit against a convenience store chain that sold Murdaugh’s son alcohol while underage. The Parker’s Kitchen clerk did not stop Paul Murdaugh, then 19, from using …

Rape kit exam performed on 19-year-old found dead near Murdaugh estate in 2015
1 year, 9 months ago

Rape kit exam performed on 19-year-old found dead near Murdaugh estate in 2015

Raw Story  

A rape kit was ordered hours after a 19-year-old man’s body was found in 2015 near the Murdaugh family’s hunting estate in Hampton, South Carolina, NewsNation reports. Former South Carolina Highway Patrol Supervisor Michael Duncan said Wednesday during an appearance on NewsNation with host Ashleigh Banfield that troopers were never given the chance to present the findings of their investigation. …

Family calls for independent autopsy of teen killed in hit-and-run near Murdaugh property
1 year, 9 months ago

Family calls for independent autopsy of teen killed in hit-and-run near Murdaugh property

The Independent  

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Maggie Murdaugh’s friends break silence for first time after husband Alex was convicted of murder
1 year, 9 months ago

Maggie Murdaugh’s friends break silence for first time after husband Alex was convicted of murder

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Alex Murdaugh trial news: Detective explains murders crime scene detail as killer begins guilty verdict appeal
1 year, 9 months ago

Alex Murdaugh trial news: Detective explains murders crime scene detail as killer begins guilty verdict appeal

The Independent  

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Alex Murdaugh trial: Timeline of murders, financial fraud, unexplained deaths, arrest and conviction
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh trial: Timeline of murders, financial fraud, unexplained deaths, arrest and conviction

The Independent  

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Alex Murdaugh will appeal his convictions in the killings of his wife and son, court filing says
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh will appeal his convictions in the killings of his wife and son, court filing says

CNN  

CNN — Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh will appeal his convictions and sentences for the 2021 murders of his wife and son, his defense team said Thursday in a three-page court filing. Murdaugh was convicted March 2 of murder in the June 2021 shooting deaths in South Carolina of his wife, Maggie, and son Paul after a weekslong trial …

How Alex Murdaugh’s son helped seal guilty verdict from beyond the grave with a 50-second video of a dog
1 year, 10 months ago

How Alex Murdaugh’s son helped seal guilty verdict from beyond the grave with a 50-second video of a dog

The Independent  

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How Alex Murdaugh’s son helped solve his own murder and convict his father
1 year, 10 months ago

How Alex Murdaugh’s son helped solve his own murder and convict his father

CNN  

CNN — For a year and a half, Alex Murdaugh denied he was anywhere near where his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, were brutally killed. “It is ironic, in the end, that it was the victim, Paul Murdaugh, who solved his own murder,” Dave Aronberg, state attorney for Florida’s Palm Beach County, told CNN Thursday night. Murdaugh was “a …

US lawyer Alex Murdaugh found guilty of killing wife, son: The case that rocked America
1 year, 10 months ago

US lawyer Alex Murdaugh found guilty of killing wife, son: The case that rocked America

Firstpost  

The twisting case of Alex Murdaugh, the scion of a prominent legal family in US’ South Carolina, has come to an end after a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife and younger son. The trial exposed years of financial wrongdoings, drug addictions and other deaths A nearly six week-long trial came to a dramatic close on Thursday when …

Jury quickly finds Murdaugh guilty of murdering wife, son
1 year, 10 months ago

Jury quickly finds Murdaugh guilty of murdering wife, son

Associated Press  

WALTERBORO, S.C. — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son in a case that chronicled the unraveling of a powerful Southern family with tales of privilege, greed and addiction. Through more than 75 witnesses and nearly 800 pieces of evidence, jurors heard about betrayed friends and clients, Murdaugh’s …

The most important evidence at Murdaugh trial that put him away
1 year, 10 months ago

The most important evidence at Murdaugh trial that put him away

Raw Story  

Following the swift conviction of disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh for the double murder of his wife and son, reporter Dianne Gallagher told CNN's Erin Burnett the significance of the trial's result. "They're going to reconvene tomorrow, but he kept emphasizing — Judge Newman, the overwhelming nature of the evidence," said Burnett. "But it looks like the little …

Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering wife and son
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering wife and son

Raw Story  

Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been found guilty of the murder of his wife Maggie and son Paul. The jury's decision, which was reached after just a few hours of deliberation, comes after Murdaugh, who hails from a powerful and wealthy family from the South Carolina Lowcountry, put himself on full display by taking to the witness …

Alex Murdaugh Found Guilty Of Murdering Wife, Son
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh Found Guilty Of Murdering Wife, Son

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Alex Murdaugh, a once-prominent South Carolina attorney whose legal family influenced the state’s Lowcountry region for generations, has been found guilty of murdering his wife and son. The 54-year-old was convicted Thursday of two counts of murder in the 2021 shootings of his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, at the family’s rural hunting property in …

Moment Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering wife Maggie and son Paul
1 year, 10 months ago

Moment Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering wife Maggie and son Paul

Daily Mail  

Alex Murdaugh has been found guilty of murdering his wife and son after a jury of seven men and five women spent less than three hours deliberating. Murdaugh is led out of the court by sheriff's deputies after being found guilty of murdering his wife and son The disgraced legal scion, 54, shook as he stood while the verdict was …

Alex Murdaugh killed wife, son to buy time, prosecutor says
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh killed wife, son to buy time, prosecutor says

Associated Press  

Alex Murdaugh’s theft of millions of dollars was about to be revealed so he killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out, a prosecutor said Wednesday during closing arguments in the disgraced South Carolina attorney’s murder trial. But there was no blood spatter linking the killings to Alex Murdaugh or anyone else, and prosecutors didn’t …

Watch Alex Murdaugh trial walkthrough at eerie family hunting lodge
1 year, 10 months ago

Watch Alex Murdaugh trial walkthrough at eerie family hunting lodge

Daily Mail  

Jurors in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial today visited the family's hunting lodge which has remained frozen in time, with bullet hole-riddled windows and forgotten family possessions. A hole though one of the window panes at the feed room of the kennels where Paul died The front porch of the house at the Murdaugh Moselle property on Wednesday Maggie's body …

Alex Murdaugh trial prosecutor holds rifle over witness’s head to prove defence is wrong about Paul’s murder
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh trial prosecutor holds rifle over witness’s head to prove defence is wrong about Paul’s murder

The Independent  

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Defense at Murdaugh trial says 2 shooters; jury to see scene
1 year, 10 months ago

Defense at Murdaugh trial says 2 shooters; jury to see scene

Associated Press  

A defense expert in the double murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh testified Monday that he thinks two different shooters killed Murdaugh’s wife and son. The second, fatal shotgun blast to Paul Murdaugh’s head was at close range, meaning blood, skull fragments, other matter and possibly pellets would have been launched back at the shooter, Palmbach said. …

Alex Murdaugh Defense Rests After Presenting O.J. Simpson–Style Theory of Elusive Mystery Killer
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh Defense Rests After Presenting O.J. Simpson–Style Theory of Elusive Mystery Killer

Slate  

The defense called its final witness Monday in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, the scion of a powerful family in rural South Carolina who exists at the hub of a sprawling web of fraud and death. Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were shot to death at a dog kennel on the Colleton property, and Alex Murdaugh claimed to police as …

Blood Spatter Expert Suggests 2 Shooters In Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial
1 year, 10 months ago

Blood Spatter Expert Suggests 2 Shooters In Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial

Huff Post  

Alex Murdaugh testifies in his murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on Thursday. Grace Beahm Alford via Reuters Crime scene evidence is “more suggestive” that there were two shooters involved in the killings of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son, and not just one, a blood spatter expert testified Monday. Timothy Palmbach …

Murdaugh shamelessly exploited a quadriplegic client he'd cheated out of $1MILLION in a commercial
1 year, 10 months ago

Murdaugh shamelessly exploited a quadriplegic client he'd cheated out of $1MILLION in a commercial

Daily Mail  

Alex Murdaugh shamelessly exploited a quadriplegic client he cheated out of $1m in a commercial to promote how using emotive footage of injury victims in court helps win bigger settlements. That really it tears me apart literally every day' In April, Murdaugh was indicted over defrauding Pickney's mother Pamela, along with his banker Russell Laffitte, and a third alleged co-conspirator, …

Tense scene unfolds at Alex Murdaugh trial as he gets grilled over his 'vigilante' claims
1 year, 10 months ago

Tense scene unfolds at Alex Murdaugh trial as he gets grilled over his 'vigilante' claims

Raw Story  

Alex Murdaugh clashed with prosecutor Creighton Waters on Friday after he suggested that someone inspired by social media had targeted his family. Murdaugh testified that social media posts about his son Paul, who was facing legal action over a drunken boating accident in 2019 which resulted in the death of one of his friends, might have inspired someone to attack …

Murdaugh's testimony will continue today as he goes head to head with prosecutors in murder trial
1 year, 10 months ago

Murdaugh's testimony will continue today as he goes head to head with prosecutors in murder trial

Daily Mail  

Alex Murdaugh's blockbuster testimony will continue today as he goes head-to-head with prosecutors in his double murder trial after admitting he was a liar and thief. Alex Murdaugh going int the Colleton County Court, South Carolina, on Friday Crusading Creighton Waters barracks Murdaugh during cross examination Thursday Buster, Maggie, Paul and Alex Murdaugh in a photo the mother posted for …

On stand, Alex Murdaugh denies killings but admits lying
1 year, 10 months ago

On stand, Alex Murdaugh denies killings but admits lying

Associated Press  

Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh denied killing his wife and son but admitted lying to investigators about when he last saw them alive as he took the stand in his own defense Thursday. Murdaugh blamed the lie — first told to a state law enforcement agent hours after the killings — on his addiction to opioids, which he said …

Alex Murdaugh ‘destroyed’ by fatal shootings of wife and son, surviving son testifies at double murder trial
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh ‘destroyed’ by fatal shootings of wife and son, surviving son testifies at double murder trial

CNN  

CNN — Alex Murdaugh was “destroyed” by the fatal shootings of his wife and son, his surviving son testified in his father’s double murder trial Tuesday, as the defense worked to counter prosecutors’ allegations that Murdaugh is responsible for the killings. Alex Murdaugh was “just broken down,” Buster said, adding his father was crying and couldn’t really speak. “Just kind …

Murdaugh prosecutors reveal flurry of steps after killings
1 year, 10 months ago

Murdaugh prosecutors reveal flurry of steps after killings

Associated Press  

Alex Murdaugh’s cellphone showed a sudden flurry of activity just before he drove away in his SUV some 16 minutes after investigators think his wife and son were killed, a state agent testified Friday at the disgraced South Carolina lawyer’s double murder trial. GPS data from Murdaugh’s SUV and cellphone data also shows Murdaugh tried to call 911 but misdialed …

Alex Murdaugh planned to be killed in roadside shooting: defense
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh planned to be killed in roadside shooting: defense

Raw Story  

Alex Murdaugh assumed he would die in a botched murder-suicide plot alongside a South Carolina road, according to his lawyers. Prosecutors argued the roadside shooting demonstrated a “consciousness of guilt" for fatally shooting his wife and son Paul, which led others to believe their killers had come back to target him, but defense attorneys told the court Murdaugh “didn’t intend …

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys consider putting him on the stand in double murder trial, source says, as state nears end of its case
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys consider putting him on the stand in double murder trial, source says, as state nears end of its case

CNN  

CNN — With prosecutors nearing the end of their case, attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are strongly considering putting the disgraced former South Carolina attorney on the stand in his own defense in the trial for the killings of his wife and son, according to a source familiar with the defense’s thinking. She was happy.” Another witness identifies Murdaugh’s voice on …

Attorney: I trusted Alex Murdaugh despite odd fee payments
1 year, 10 months ago

Attorney: I trusted Alex Murdaugh despite odd fee payments

Associated Press  

A lawyer testifying in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in South Carolina said he trusted Murdaugh even though the disgraced lawyer suggested an unusual way to split fees from a case the two had worked on together. Attorney Chris Wilson said he had no reason to be suspicious when Murdaugh asked to have the $792,000 fee deposited directly into his …

Maid’s son tells judge Alex Murdaugh took $4M for her death
1 year, 11 months ago

Maid’s son tells judge Alex Murdaugh took $4M for her death

Associated Press  

For much of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial, witnesses have talked about a generous and loving man — but prosecutors want jurors to know that same man stole over $4 million from his housekeeper’s relatives after she died at work, and killed his wife and son to cover up his crimes. State Law Enforcement Division agents …

Agent insists Alex Murdaugh suggested he killed his son
1 year, 11 months ago

Agent insists Alex Murdaugh suggested he killed his son

Associated Press  

A state agent insisted Tuesday he heard a possible confession from Alex Murdaugh even after defense attorneys for the disgraced South Carolina lawyer slowed the audio down during Murdaugh’s double murder trial. State Law Enforcement Division Senior Special Agent Jeff Croft testified he was “100% confident” Murdaugh said “I.” That could be interpreted as a confession from Murdaugh that he …

Through sobs, did Alex Murdaugh say he killed his son?
1 year, 11 months ago

Through sobs, did Alex Murdaugh say he killed his son?

Associated Press  

“I did him so bad.” That’s what a South Carolina investigator on Monday testified that Alex Murdaugh had uttered between sobs during a recorded interview three days after Murdaugh’s wife and son were killed. But to others inside and outside the courtroom, it sounded like Murdaugh said, “They did him so bad,” on the audio from a police interview that …

Alex Murdaugh is seen wearing clean white t-shirt on night of double murders in new bodycam image
1 year, 11 months ago

Alex Murdaugh is seen wearing clean white t-shirt on night of double murders in new bodycam image

Daily Mail  

Prosecutors alleged Murdaugh shot his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in his South Carolina hunting lodge to distract from his legal troubles Newly released images from Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial shows the disgraced attorney speaking to police on the night of his wife and son's killings. New images from police body cam footage shows Alex Murdaugh wearing a …

1st officer: Alex Murdaugh didn’t cry over dead wife and son
1 year, 11 months ago

1st officer: Alex Murdaugh didn’t cry over dead wife and son

Associated Press  

The first officer to arrive after Alex Murdaugh called 911 to report his wife and son were seriously hurt noted at the attorney’s double murder trial Thursday that the suspect was upset but that he had no tears in his eyes. Murdaugh’s lawyer questioned Greene at length on what he did at the scene, suggesting that officers disturbed potential evidence …

How Alex Murdaugh came to face trial for murder of wife, son
1 year, 11 months ago

How Alex Murdaugh came to face trial for murder of wife, son

Associated Press  

Alex Murdaugh is standing trial for the killings of his wife and son at their hunting estate in June 2021 — charges that have led to the unraveling of a prominent South Carolina attorney known for multimillion-dollar judgments and whose family dominated the legal scene in a small county for decades. Over the 13 months that authorities probed the murders, …

Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son
1 year, 11 months ago

Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son

Associated Press  

WALTERBORO, S.C. — As his life unraveled over the past two years, disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh didn’t fight giving up his law license and admitted plenty of mistakes tied to missing client money and a financial mess that led to 100 criminal charges. THE KILLINGS AND EVIDENCE Murdaugh, 54, told police he found Maggie, 52, and their son, …

Prominent US attorney on trial for killing wife, son
1 year, 11 months ago

Prominent US attorney on trial for killing wife, son

Raw Story  

The scion of an American family of lawyers went on trial Monday for murdering his wife and son in a bizarre crime saga that included him attempting to stage his own death. As police struggled to pinpoint a suspect, three months later Murdaugh tried to fake his own murder on a country road so his surviving son could collect on …

SC official says Alex Murdaugh will not face death penalty
2 years ago

SC official says Alex Murdaugh will not face death penalty

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — State prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Alex Murdaugh when the disbarred attorney appears in court next month for a double murder trial that has drawn international attention. “After carefully reviewing this case and all the surrounding facts, we have decided to seek life without parole for Alex Murdaugh,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson …

Murdaugh pleads not guilty to murdering wife and son
2 years, 5 months ago

Murdaugh pleads not guilty to murdering wife and son

Associated Press  

WALTERBORO, SC — The disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murdering his wife and son. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman had previously denied Murdaugh bond after he was charged with stealing money from clients. His lawyers have complained several times that the bond was set too high, and said that because of lawsuits and frozen …

Alex Murdaugh Has Been Indicted in South Carolina for Killing His Wife and Son—but No One’s Saying Why He (Allegedly) Did It
2 years, 5 months ago

Alex Murdaugh Has Been Indicted in South Carolina for Killing His Wife and Son—but No One’s Saying Why He (Allegedly) Did It

Slate  

Alex Murdaugh—the attorney from a prominent South Carolina family who is suspected of committing a truly staggering number of crimes that were revealed in the aftermath of a fatal 2019 boat crash—was indicted Thursday for murder. He has also since been charged with executing multiple fraud and embezzlement schemes, which were ongoing at the time of the crash; these included …

The fall of the prominent Murdaugh family: A timeline of deaths, alleged embezzlement and an insurance scam
2 years, 5 months ago

The fall of the prominent Murdaugh family: A timeline of deaths, alleged embezzlement and an insurance scam

CNN  

CNN — For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name came to represent a legal dynasty in coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office. Murdaugh III’s son, Alex Murdaugh, works as an attorney at the law firm Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick, known as PMPED. September 7: The law firm says Murdaugh resigned “after the …

Alex Murdaugh charged with murder in deaths of wife, son
2 years, 5 months ago

Alex Murdaugh charged with murder in deaths of wife, son

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 13 months after disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh called 911 and said he found his wife and son shot outside their home, a grand jury indicted him Thursday on murder charges in their killings. But the legal documents shed little light on the ongoing mystery over the deaths that captivated the public, who have …

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