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The Latest Breaking News from Alex Murdaugh

Our fascination with audacious grifters

We'll always love a con artist, but in both the real world and TV we've entered a time of the dual identity defense

Salon

Alex Murdaugh case detective explains key mystery from trial

Detective Laura Rutland elaborated on a detail that came up during her cross-examination by the defence

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial: Detective explains key crime scene mystery after killer begins appeal

Murdaugh was convicted last week for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul in June 2021

The Independent UK

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Alex Murdaugh to appeal his conviction in killing of wife and son

Murdaugh’s attorneys file notice to appeal his convictions and life sentences

The Independent UK

‘Unsettling and frightening’: Buster Murdaugh asks to be left out of future police reports

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ongoing media attention following the conviction of his father for double murder has prompted Buster Murdaugh to ask the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office that he not be associated with future police reports.

Tribune News Service

Alex Murdaugh formally says he will appeal double murder convictions

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh filed paperwork Thursday indicating that he will appeal his convictions in the murders of his wife and son.

Tribune News Service

Attorneys appeal Alex Murdaugh's convictions, life sentence

Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh have filed a notice to appeal his convictions for the murder of his wife and son along with his two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole

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Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh appeals life conviction for killing wife and son

Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Alex Murdaugh to two consecutive life terms in prison. Exactly one week after his conviction, the disgraced lawyer is filing for an appeal

Daily Mirror

Alex Murdaugh conviction casts spotlight on mystery 2015 death of Buster’s classmate Stephen Smith

Maggie and Paul’s murders led SLED to reopen an investigation into the death of the 19-year-old

The Independent UK

Double killer Alex Murdaugh placed in secure area of prison over fears he'll be attacked

Authorities fear the infamy of the case that gripped the nation will make Alex Murdaugh, who brutally killed his wife Maggie and their son Paul, a target for other inmates in Columbia, South Carolina, US

Daily Mirror

Robin Abcarian: Why was the Murdaugh murder trial captivating for so many?

Here in Los Angeles, thousands of miles from South Carolina, the obsession with the double-murder saga of the Murdaugh family has seemed slightly ridiculous to me.

Los Angeles Times

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Killer to appeal his convictions in murder of wife and son

Murdaugh was convicted last week for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul in June 2021

The Independent UK

BTK killer’s daughter defends Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster

Buster Murdaugh stood by his father during his trial and took the stand in his defence

The Independent UK

Infamous ‘egg juror’ in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial asks to be left alone

Female juror hit headlines when she was dismissed from the panel just hours before deliberations began and the jury reached a unanimous verdict of guilty in the high-profile trial

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Alex Murdaugh's brother claims double killer 'knows more' after murdering wife and son

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was jailed on Friday after he was found guilty during a 6-week televised trial of shooting dead his wife Maggie and son Paul in June 2021

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Killer flashes soft smile in new mugshot as attorney bemoans hate mail

Murdaugh was convicted last week for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul in June 2021

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh avoided death sentence because of ‘racial and class privilege,’ observers say

Murdaugh family has presided for generations over South Carolina courts

The Guardian - US

Alex Murdaugh’s brother gives first interview since trial: ‘He knows more’

In New York Times interview, Randy Murdaugh says he remains unsure if his brother murdered son and wife in South Carolina

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The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh associate Russell Laffitte is denied new trial over financial fraud charges

Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, was convicted in November of financial fraud charges in connection to Murdaugh’s alleged white collar fraud schemes

The Independent UK

What’s next for Alex Murdaugh after guilty trial verdict and life prison sentence?

Whatever the verdict had been in the murder case, Murdaugh was never walking out of court a free man

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s brother Randy reveals what he really thinks happened night of murders

The Murdaugh family – who reigned over the Lowcountry’s legal system for almost a century – put on a united front in Colleton County Courthouse throughout Murdaugh’s trial

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh jurors reveal why they weren’t fooled by his ability to turn the tears ‘on and off’ on the stand

Rather than convince the jury of his innocence, jurors said the killer’s decision to testify in his own defence helped to prove his guilt

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Brother Randy breaks silence on guilty verdict as son Buster reports harassment

Murdaugh was convicted last week for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul in June 2021

Tribune News Service

Alex Murdaugh’s own testimony sealed his fate, jurors say

Three of the jurors who convicted Alex Murdaugh of murdering his wife and son said Monday that the high-powered attorney’s own testimony convinced them he was guilty.

Tribune News Service

Buster Murdaugh complains to police about being followed, photographed on Hilton Head

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Days after his father was convicted and sentenced to two life terms for killing his wife and youngest son in 2021, Buster Murdaugh told the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office he was being harassed by national media photographers.

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