Richard “Alex” Murdaugh has been found guilty of the murders of his wife and son. The jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding the former South Carolina lawyer guilty of two counts of murder.
The 54-year-old faces 30 years to life in prison without parole. Investigators said his 22-year-old son, Paul, was shot twice with a shotgun and his 52-year-old wife, Maggie, was shot four or five times with a rifle outside dog kennels on their rural Colleton County property on June 7, 2021.
Murdaugh was the subject of Netflix true-crime documentary Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, released in February. Prosecutors think Murdaugh killed his wife and son because he feared his years of stealing millions of dollars from his law firm and clients would be exposed and his lofty standing in the community toppled.
