The agency says the probe is being reopened based on information gathered while investigating the deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. June 22: SLED reopens an investigation into the unsolved death of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, whose body was found on the road in 2015 in Hampton County. They say they do not believe their brother is involved. They say Alex called them “distraught” with the news that his wife and son had been shot. June 17: Alex Murdaugh’s brothers, John Marvin Murdaugh and Randolph “Randy” Murdaugh IV, speak to “ Good Morning America” about the killings. DeWitt/ The Augusta Chronicle/USA Today Network "Keep Out" signs marked one entrance to the Murdaugh family property in Islandton, where a double homicide occurred. and investigators collected evidence that night and the next morning. June 15: SLED releases basic information about the June 7 killings, saying Alex Murdaugh called 911 at 10:07 p.m. June 10: Randolph Murdaugh III dies peacefully at his home at age 81, according to his obituary. He says he had visited his ailing mother in Almeda and returned to find his wife and son dead. Murdaugh tells officers on the scene he was not at the crime scene that night. That night, Murdaugh calls 911 and reports he found his wife Margaret (known as Maggie), 52, and son Paul, then 22, shot dead outside of their home in Islandton, a small community about an hour north of Hilton Head Island, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). June 7: The chief financial officer at Alex Murdaugh’s namesake law firm PMPED confronts him about $792,000 in missing funds. Paul Murdaugh is indicted in April on charges of boating under the influence (BUI) causing great bodily harm and causing death in connection to the crash, court records show. Stone, the solicitor, recuses himself from the case because of personal connections. Six people were on board the boat at the time of the crash, including Alex Murdaugh’s 19-year-old son, Paul. HandoutĪ boat crashes at a bridge near Parris Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, on February 24, killing 19-year-old Mallory Beach, according to the South Carolina Attorney General in documents obtained by CNN. From left to right: Maggie, Paul, and Alex. Pictures of Alex Murdaugh and his family.
Gloria Satterfield, a longtime housekeeper for the Murdaugh family, dies in what is described as a “trip and fall accident” at the Murdaugh home, according to attorney Eric Bland, who is representing her estate.Īfter Satterfield’s death, a $500,000 wrongful death claim was filed against Alex Murdaugh on behalf of her estate, Bland said.
He has been elected to the position four times since, most recently in 2020, according to the solicitor’s website.
Mark Sanford appoints attorney Duffie Stone to serve as the 14th Circuit Solicitor, making him the first non-Murdaugh in the position. Murdaugh III’s son, Alex Murdaugh, works as an attorney at the law firm Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick, known as PMPED. Murdaugh Jr.’s son, Randolph Murdaugh III, was then elected to the role in 1987 and served through the end of 2005. His son, Randolph Murdaugh Jr., then took over the position and served until his retirement in 1986. was elected to the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office in 1920 and served in the position until his death in 1940. Over three generations, a member of the Murdaugh family has served as the 14th Circuit Solicitor, which leads prosecutions for Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties in the southern part of South Carolina. So what were the twists and turns that led to this point? Here’s a timeline of everything we know about the Murdaugh family saga: In addition, Murdaugh, an attorney who has since been disbarred, has been charged with 99 financial crimes related to a wide-ranging scheme to bilk his law firm, clients and the government out of about $9.3 million, according to the state attorney general. He was found guilty in March 2023 in a closely watched case that comes with a potential life sentence.
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The allegations center around the actions of Alex Murdaugh, 54, who stood trial for the 2021 murders of his wife and son. 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.īut now, the family has been closely connected to a bloody tragedy, allegations of embezzlement and a bizarre murder-for-hire plot to score millions in life insurance.
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