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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
James Pollard

Second autopsy done in unsolved South Carolina death probe

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A second autopsy was completed this weekend on the exhumed body of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago on a South Carolina road, according to the family's lawyer, after the public attention surrounding Alex Murdaugh's murder trial boosted a mother's search for answers in the unsolved case.

The mother's lawyers have said there is no evidence linking Stephen Smith's death to the Murdaugh family, and state investigators have remained tight-lipped since taking the case around the same time police said Murdaugh killed his wife and son.

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