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Once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to face charges in June 2021 shooting deaths of wife and son

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh is expected to be indicted later this week for murder in the grisly June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife and son, according to two sources with knowledge of the pending indictments.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Who killed Maggie and Paul Murdaugh? 1 year later, South Carolina police say case ‘very much active’

The first call notifying 911 that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh had been shot to death came one year ago June 7 from a frantic Alex Murdaugh, who told operators he found his wife and youngest son bleeding out and not breathing on the family’s Moselle estate.

Tribune News Service · Jun 7, 2022

Judge sets $1 million bond for former CEO Russell Laffitte, accused of fraud in Murdaugh saga

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A judge set a $1 million bond Friday for fired Hampton County banker Russell Laffitte, who is accused of scheming with suspended attorneys Alex Murdaugh and Cory Fleming to defraud legal clients of settlement money.

Tribune News Service · May 7, 2022