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Paul Murdaugh hosted booze-fueled boat party days before his murder – as he faced charges for deadly crash

Alex Murdaugh was ‘going to take care of’ the incident – which came two years after the death of Mallory Beach

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial court clerk ducks question about whether she tampered with jury

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys have accused South Carolina Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of jury tampering and have called for a federal investigation into whether she violated Murdaugh’s civil rights

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh wants a new trial, accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering

Defense lawyers for convicted South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh say Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill violated her oath of office as well as their client's constitutional right to an impartial jury.

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Alex Murdaugh is getting the Hollywood treatment - in a new Lifetime movie starring Bill Pullman

Murdaugh Murders: The Movie will air at 8pm on 14 October and 15 October on Lifetime

The Independent UK

Murdaugh boat crash suit ends in a $15 million settlement for family of teen who died

At the time of the 2019 crash, Paul Murdaugh was drunk and driving his family's boat, witnesses say. Mallory Beach's family got a settlement from a store that sold alcohol to an underage Murdaugh.

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Store that sold Alex Murdaugh's son beer must pay $15 million to family of teen killed in boat crash

The family of a teen killed in a boat crash that prosecutors said begin the financial downfall of double murderer Alex Murdaugh has reached a $15 million deal to settle a lawsuit against a convenience store chain that sold his son alcohol while under age

The Independent UK

Buster Murdaugh to be on new series about SC murders of mother and brother. When and how to watch

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new docuseries will feature Buster Murdaugh in his first interview since his father, Alex Murdaugh, was sent to prison for murdering his mother and brother.

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Convicted murderer and ex-attorney Alex Murdaugh facing federal charges of fraud, theft

Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is facing federal charges for the first time after being indicted on 22 financial fraud charges over allegations the former attorney schemed to steal settlement money from clients

The Independent UK

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

Smith, Murdaugh’s alleged accomplice in fraud schemes, will get out of South Carolina jail on bond

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After 235 days behind bars, Curtis “Eddie” Smith, whom indictments allege was Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice in various money laundering, drug and fraud schemes, can get out of jail on $250,000 bond — if he behaves himself, a state judge said Monday.

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Curtis ‘Cousin Eddie’ Smith released on bond one month after Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction

The man who allegedly shot Alex Murdaugh in the head in a bizarre botched hitman plot has been released on bond – one month after the disgraced attorney was convicted of murdering his wife and son.

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith died 8 years ago. More people than ever want to know why

State agents say Smith was murdered. Interest in his case has spiked in part because of where he died: about 8 miles from where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death.

WEKU

The body of a teenager found dead near the Murdaugh estate in 2015 will be exhumed

Stephen Smith's death was ruled a hit-and-run. His body was found 15 miles from the estate of former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who was found guilty this month of killing his wife and son.

WEKU

Family calls for independent autopsy of teen killed in hit-and-run near Murdaugh property

A GoFundMe page has now raised more than $56,000 for Stephen Smith’s body to be exhumed and re-examined

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With Alex Murdaugh behind bars for murder, a small South Carolina community comes to terms with his other crimes

The media tents and trucks have packed up and left and the wall-to-wall cable network coverage of the six-week trial of South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has ended. However, in rural Hampton County, it's a difficult, uneasy time.

Daily Mirror

Friends of Alex Murdaugh's murdered wife share tributes to 'witty and fun' woman

Caroline Price and Shellie West, two old friends of Maggie Murdaugh, spoke out on her tragic killing by husband Alex and how they want her to be remembered as the woman that she was

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‘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.

The Independent UK

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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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.

The Independent UK

Jurors: Murdaugh didn't help his defense by testifying

Three jurors say Alex Murdaugh didn't help himself by testifying in his own defense against charges he murdered his wife and son

Salon

No true crime shame: Murdaugh matters

Can privileged criminals face consequences? The Murdaugh murder trial speaks to anxieties fueling current tensions

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Chicago Sun-Times

Alex Murdaugh trial stands out amid all the crime, animosity and death of recent years

Sneed: Twist and turns of South Carolina case are reminiscent of our on Spilotro case from the ‘70s.

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