The man South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh said he hired to kill him so his son could get an insurance payout says that’s just not true. Curtis Smith, 61, told the New York Post he “was set up to be the fall guy” and complained about pictures published of his bond hearing Thursday morning. “They …
Embattled South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh appeared in court Thursday afternoon on charges that he paid a former client to kill him so his son could collect a $10 million insurance policy. Murdaugh turned himself in late Thursday morning after the State Law Enforcement Division announced it had charged him with insurance fraud, conspiracy …
An attorney for Alex Murdaugh says the embattled South Carolina legal scion will turn himself in on Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Jim Griffin said that Murdaugh has a bond hearing at 4 p.m. at the Hampton County Magistrate Court on a charge of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, WCBD reports. …
Gloria Satterfield’s death certificate says she died of ‘natural’ causes, but a wrongful death settlement says she tripped and fell, then died of her injuries, county coroner says.
The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said Monday it has opened an investigation into Alex Murdaugh’s alleged misappropriation of funds at his now former law firm. Murdaugh resigned from PMPED, the firm found by his great-grandfather, on September 3 after other members confronted him with allegations that he had misused the firm’s money …
The troubles continue for South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh — the state Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday morning suspended his law license “until further order of this Court.” Earlier, CrimeOnline reported that the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Court, where Murdaugh had been listed as a volunteer prosecutor, was preparing a formal letter to inform …
Authorities in South Carolina released a timeline of Saturday’s shooting incident in which legal scion Alex Murdaugh suffered what they described as a “superficial gunshot wound to the head” while changing a tire. The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said that no arrests in the shooting have been made, WIS reported. Murdaugh, whose wife and …
The South Carolina legal scion was airlifted to a hospital in Charleston for treatment. The June murders of his wife and son remain unsolved.
UPDATE: Alex Murdaugh’s attorney told WCIV in Charleston that the legal scion was shot in the head while changing a tire. Jim Griffin said Murdaugh’s brother Randy told him that a vehicle passed Alex while he was by the car, turned around, and someone inside shot him. He was airlifted to the Medical University of …
A South Carolina man was charged with livestock larceny this week after deputies found a stolen horse inside a bedroom. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said a woman called and said she’d seen Garry Chase Coble Jr riding a horse down the road, then dismounting and leading it into a house, according to WIS. A …
Newly released audio from a police dashcam video reveals a distraught Anthony Cook screaming at Paul Murdaugh the night the “grossly intoxicated” son of a prominent South Carolina family who allegedly drove a boat into a bridge piling, killing Cook’s girlfriend, 19-year-old Mallory Beach, who was tossed from the boat in the crash. Beach’s body …
A South Carolina man accused of killing three members of his family, including an 11-year-old girl, earlier this week fled the state on a flight to Florida, where he was found just hours later. Jeffery David Powell, 36, was brought back to Greenwood County from Jacksonville on Wednesday after he waived extradition. Powell also waived …
