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Murder and mystery in the south: how the Murdaugh trial gripped America

‘Everyone knew they were crooked,’ one local said of Alex Murdaugh’s powerful family, now known nationally for a series of deaths in their orbit

The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2023

Three bodies, 1,700 acres and a whole lot of hogs: Inside Alex Murdaugh’s $4m Moselle estate

The Moselle estate had a mysterious past even before Maggie and Paul’s murders with ties to a suspected drug smuggler and a housekeeper’s fatal fall, reports Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023

Double killer Alex Murdaugh told cousin 'I want you to shoot me in the back of the head'

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who was addicted to painkillers, wanted to die so his son Richard could cash in his £8million life insurance policy

Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2023

Alex Murdaugh Sentenced To Life In Prison For The Murder Of His Wife And Son

The former attorney was given two consecutive life sentences out of the four counts after murdering his wife and son.

Zenger · Mar 3, 2023

Murdaugh judge's own legal story unfolded in South Carolina

The judge who sentenced Alex Murdaugh on Friday to life in prison for killing his wife and son has earned attention and plaudits for his even-handed demeanor throughout the trial and for his dressing-down of the once-prominent lawyer just before he sent him to prison

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

‘Monster you become’: Alex Murdaugh sentenced for killing wife and son

Once-powerful lawyer Alex Murdaugh will spend "the rest of his natural life" in prison after he was swiftly sentenced for killing his wife and son in a

The New Daily · Mar 3, 2023

Disgraced US lawyer Murdaugh sentenced to life for murder of wife, son

In the culmination of the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after being convicted of murdering his wife and son.

France 24 · Mar 3, 2023

Judge tells Alex Murdaugh his wife and son will ‘visit him every night’ in searing sentencing remarks

Judge Clifton Newman said that the evidence against Murdaugh was “overwhelming”.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife, son

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh, former South Carolina attorney and convicted murderer, was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of life in prison Friday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh gets life in prison in murder of wife, son

The once-prominent lawyer maintained his innocence. “As I tell you again, I respect this court. But I am innocent.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 3, 2023