Murdaugh Prosecutors Have Snapchat Video Paul Murdaugh Sent to Friends on Night of Murders
Murder
The prosecutors call the video “critical to the case” and “important to proving the State’s case in chief.”
Court
January 20, 2023
Paul Murdaugh’s Horrific Wounds Described in New South Carolina Court Filing
Graphic descriptions of the injuries suffered by disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s younger son are included in a new court filing in the elder Murdaugh’s murder trial this week. Alex Murdaugh is set to go on trial on January 23 for the murders of Paul Murdaugh, 22, and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie Murdaugh, on …
Lawsuit
January 12, 2023
Buster Murdaugh, Maggie Murdaugh’s Estate Settle Wrongful Death Suit With Family of Mallory Beach
The family of a 19-year-old woman who died in the crash of a boat driven by a drunk Paul Murdaugh has settled its wrongful death lawsuit with Murdaugh’s surviving brother and the estate of his mother. The news comes less than two weeks before disgraced South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh goes on trial for …
Murder
December 26, 2022
Jailed Attorney Alex Murdaugh Suggested Wife & Son’s Murders Were Linked to 2019 Deadly Boating Accident Involving Slain Son
South Carolina prosecutors alleged that jailed ex-attorney Alex Murdaugh tried to claim his wife and son’s slayings last year were related to a fatal 2019 boating accident involving his late son. Murdaugh, 64, was charged in July with killing Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, 52 and 22, who were found fatally shot at the family’s lodge …
Fraud
December 16, 2022
Alex Murdaugh Charged With Tax Evasion Before Trial for Wife & Son’s Murders
A South Carolina grand jury indicted Alex Murdaugh on tax evasion on Friday, a month ahead of his trial for the murders of his wife and son. Greenville News reported that Murdaugh, 64, failed to report $6,954,639 of income garnered from illegal acts from 2011 through 2019. The Attorney General said Murdaugh owes $486,819 in …
Fraud
November 23, 2022
Alex Murdaugh’s Banker Found Guilty of Wire and Bank Fraud
A South Carolina banker has been found guilty for his part in disgraced South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh’s schemes to defraud clients of parts of their legal settlements. A federal jury convicted former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte on wire and bank fraud charges. Each of the six charges carries a maximum sentence …
Family Crime
November 6, 2022
Prosecutors Shift Timeline of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh’s Murders
New court documents filed earlier this week change the timeline of the deaths of Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and her 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh, whose bodies were found on the legal scion family’s hunting property in Colleton County, South Carolina, on June 7, 2021. Alex Murdaugh, Maggie’s husband and Paul’s father, has been charged with their …
Murder
October 17, 2022
Disgraced Lawyer and Alleged Killer Alex Murdaugh Accuses Cousin of Murdering Wife, Son
Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his wife and son, now alleges that his cousin likely committed the killings, The State reports. In a new court filing, lawyers for Murdaugh argue that investigators should have given more weight to a lie detector test taken by Murdaugh’s cousin Curtis “Eddie” Smith. “Smith decidedly …
Court
September 10, 2022
Bloods-Affiliated Street Gang Linked to Alex Murdaugh Indictments
Two “cousins” of the so called Walterboro Cowboys have been accused of being part of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s alleged drug and money laundering pipeline — and one of them says he’s “been railroaded,” while an actual member of the Cowboys says “Maybe look at some of the corrupt white sheriffs here instead.”
Court
September 9, 2022
Judge Grants Motion to Separate Convenience Store From Alex Murdaugh in Mallory Beach Lawsuit
The lawsuit against Parker’s Corporation and its CEO Gregory Parker is now set to go on trial on October 10.
Court
August 18, 2022
Alex Murdaugh’s Lawyers Say Prosecutors Are Withholding DNA Evidence Related to Wife & Son’s Murders
On Wednesday, lawyers representing disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh alleged that South Carolina prosecutors are withholding evidence related to the murders of Murdaugh’s wife and son. According to South Carolina Public Radio, Murdaugh’s lawyers requested the prosecution’s evidence immediately after Murdaugh was charged with murder in mid-July. The deadline to turn over the evidence was Monday, …
Court
July 20, 2022
WATCH HEARING: Police Have ‘Mountain of Evidence’ Against Alex Murdaugh for Murder of Wife and Youngest Son
Authorities are said to be sitting on a “mountain of evidence” against Alex Murdaugh to support the murder charges against him in connection with the deaths of his wife and son, PEOPLE reports. A law enforcement source who reportedly has direct knowledge of the case against the now-disgraced and disbarred South Carolina lawyer told the …