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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Curtis ‘Cousin Eddie’ Smith released on bond one month after Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction

2022 The State Newspaper

The man who allegedly shot Alex Murdaugh in the head in a bizarre botched hitman plot has been released on bond – one month after the disgraced attorney was convicted of murdering his wife and son.

Curtis “Cousin Eddie” Smith – a former law firm client, distant cousin and alleged drug dealer of Murdaugh – appeared in Richland County Courthouse in South Carolina on Monday afternoon where Judge Clifton Newman agreed to reinstate his $250,000 bond and release him on house arrest.

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