Paul Murdaugh

Lawsuit
October 15, 2024

Convicted Killer Alex Murdaugh Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Son’s Boat Crash

Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought against him by the mother of a 19-year-old woman killed when his drunken son drove his boat into a bridge piling in February 2019. According to WCSC, Murdaugh’s insurance company agreed to a $500,000 payout for the family of Mallory Beach on the condition …

Murder
January 31, 2023

Murdaugh Family Murders: Paul Texted Friend About Dog Seconds Before He Was Killed

Paul Murdaugh reportedly texted a friend about dogs a minute before he was murdered on his family’s South Carolina property in 2021. According to the Daily Beast, Paul had messaged the friend about an issue with a dog’s tail. Paul and the friend reportedly corresponded via text about four minutes after they talked on the …

Court
January 27, 2023

Murdaugh Murder Trial: 2 Brands of Shotgun Shells Were Found Near Paul’s Body

Court testimony on Friday revealed that two shotgun shells were recovered near Paul Murdaugh’s body, but they were from two different brands. SLED agent Melinda Worley testified that the shells, located behind a door in a feed room on the Murdaughs’ property in Colleton County, were both 12-gauge. However, one was from a brand called …

Mallory Beach
Court
January 24, 2023

Judge: Settlement Agreement in Murdaugh South Carolina Boat Crash Lawsuits is Approved

Almost four years after a fatal South Carolina boat crash, a judge approved a settlement against Alex Murdaugh, while dropping the estate of his wife and his surviving son. According to Live 5, Judge Daniel Hall approved the settlement agreement Tuesday in Hampton County, which will drop Buster Murdaugh and the estate of Maggie Murdaugh …

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 …

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 …