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Liam Buckler

Body of man mysteriously found dead near family killer Alex Murdaugh's home to be exhumed

The body of a man who was found dead near killer Alex Murdaugh's home is to be exhumed for an autopsy.

Stephen Smith, 19, from South Carolina, US, was mysteriously found dead on Sandy Run Road outside Hampton County on July 8, 2015 - just a few miles away from the disgraced lawyer's estate where he gunned down his wife Maggie and and their youngest son, Paul.

The teenager's death was initially ruled as a hit-and-run but police have since reopened the case after uncovering crucial information.

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