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Stephen Smith’s cellphone unlocked 8 years after he was found dead near Murdaugh house

The 19-year-old was killed in 2015 with his death originally being ruled a hit-and-run accident by authorities

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith’s cellphone unlocked 8 years after he was found dead near Murdaugh house

The 19-year-old was killed in 2015 with his death originally being ruled a hit-and-run accident by authorities

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh confronted by theft victims at sentencing: ‘What kind of animal are you?’

Victims of Murdaugh’s fraud scheme spoke at his sentencing on Tuesday

The Independent UK

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Alex Murdaugh’s longtime friend and alleged accomplice is sentenced for financial fraud crimes

The 54-year-old former attorney is already serving four years in prison after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy charges

The Independent UK

Bribes. Murder. Suicide. The death of South Carolina's Mexican combo-plate king

There are falls from grace, and then there's the story of Gregorio Leon.

Los Angeles Times

Feds indict Alex Murdaugh, charge alleged accomplice Cory Fleming in new financial crimes

Federal officials on Wednesday indicted convicted South Carolina killer Alex Murdaugh for a host of financial crimes and, in a separate document, charged an alleged accomplice in a scheme involving the theft of some $4.3 million in insurance proceeds.

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Audio reveals Alex Murdaugh blaming dogs for housekeeper’s death – after he walked back claim five years later

‘It’s very convenient that the three people who could contradict Alex are all dead – Paul, Maggie and Gloria,’ says the attorney representing Gloria Satterfield’s sons

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As Alex Murdaugh sits in prison cell, legal woes continue

Alex Murdaugh may be serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son, but the legal system is far from done with him

The Independent UK

Trial date set for alleged Murdaugh accomplice Cory Fleming in financial theft case

HAMPTON, S.C. — Suspended Beaufort County lawyer Cory Fleming will go on trial Sept. 11 for financial crimes he allegedly carried out with convicted killer and former lawyer Alex Murdaugh.

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A second autopsy has been done in a probe of an unsolved South Carolina death

The 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.

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Second autopsy done in unsolved South Carolina death probe

A lawyer for the family of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago says a second autopsy of the exhumed body is complete

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith’s body is exhumed after murder near Murdaugh home – as family offers $35k reward to catch killer

Exhumation comes just weeks after SLED announced Smith’s death was officially ruled a homicide and after Buster Murdaugh issued a statement denying any involvement

The Independent UK

‘His body is a crime scene’: Exhumation plans proceeding in Stephen Smith’s 2015 killing

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Plans to exhume Stephen Smith’s body are proceeding rapidly and will involve a team of state and national experts, one of the attorneys for Stephen Smith’s mother said Friday.

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Mom of teen found dead near Murdaugh home warns killer: ‘I don’t care what your name is, you need to be punished’

Stephen Smith’s mother spoke out after SLED announced that her son’s death was finally being investigated as a homicide

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Death of teen exhumed near Murdaugh murders mansion investigated as homicide

A new investigation into the death of Buster Murdaugh's fellow student, Stephen Smith, who was found dead aged 19 near the Murdaugh mansion, has opened as his body is exhumed

The Independent UK

Murdaugh trial gives unsolved death investigation a boost

A mother whose son was found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road eight years ago is opening a private investigation into his death after raising almost $90,000 amid the publicity surround the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh

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SLED investigating Stephen Smith’s death as a murder, says teen did not die by hit-and-run

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel confirmed Tuesday night that his agency is now investigating the 2015 death of Hampton County teen Stephen Smith as a murder.

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith’s death declared a homicide days after Buster Murdaugh denied involvement

Family says it is a major development and ‘a chance to right eight years of wrongs’

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The Independent UK

Stephen Smith family says he was killed ‘somewhere else’ before body was ‘placed’ in road near Murdaugh home

Family of Stephen Smith plan to exhume his body for an independent autopsy as they insist: ‘This is not Alex Murdaugh 2.0’

The Independent UK

Personal connections show lawyer Alex Murdaugh's downfall

The downfall of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh can be traced through people whose lives crossed his

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Secrecy surrounds latest SLED arrest of Murdaugh alleged accomplice

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Curtis “Fast Eddie” Smith, an alleged accomplice in some of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s multimillion-dollar fraud schemes, has been quietly arrested and is being held in the Colleton County jail.

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From an SC jail, Alex Murdaugh tried to get his son back into law school

Sitting in the Richland County jail on financial fraud charges, once powerful Lowcountry lawyer Alex Murdaugh fretted about getting his surviving son, Buster, back into the University of South Carolina’s law school.

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Here’s what family of Murdaugh housekeeper will do with money from lawsuit over her death

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Out of great evil has come good was the theme of a gathering Thursday to announce a foundation to help the Hampton County’s needy at Christmas time.

The Independent UK

Body of Murdaugh family’s housekeeper to be exhumed amid new rumors around troubled household

Coroner says manner of death on certificate ‘is inconsistent with injuries sustained in a trip and fall accident’

Tribune News Service

For 10 years, Alex Murdaugh’s law firm missed millions in thefts. What went wrong?

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Everyone trusted Alex Murdaugh.

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