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Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering wife, son in June 2021

WALTERBORO, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh, the fourth-generation heir to a powerful South Carolina legal, law enforcement and political family, was found guilty Thursday of murdering his wife and son in a case that brought the glare of national and international media attention to a long-secluded but corrupt corner of the…

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023

Alex Murdaugh defence accuses police of ‘fabricating evidence’ to tie attorney to murders in closing statement

Defence attorney Jim Griffin told jurors SLED ‘failed miserably’ in its investigation into the 7 June 2021 murders and decided from the get-go to pin the crime on Alex Murdaugh

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

A jury finds disbarred lawyer Alex Murdaugh guilty in the deaths of his wife and son

The 54-year-old, who belongs to one of the most prominent families in South Carolina, faces a sentence of 30 years to life in prison for each murder conviction.

WEKU · Mar 2, 2023

Alex Murdaugh: Timeline of murders, financial fraud, unexplained deaths and arrest

In the 20 months since brutal double murders propelled the Murdaughs into national headlines, a series of other scandals, allegations and alleged crimes have also come to light

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

Alex Murdaugh: Timeline of murders, financial fraud, unexplained deaths and arrest

In the 20 months since brutal double murders propelled the Murdaughs into national headlines, a series of other scandals, allegations and alleged crimes have also come to light

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial hears how ‘piece of Paul’s skull the size of a baseball’ was left behind at crime scene

Defence’s case has sought to cast doubts on the preservation and collection of evidence from the crime scene

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Alex Murdaugh: A timeline of murders, financial fraud, unexplained deaths and arrest

In the 20 months since brutal double murders propelled the Murdaughs into national headlines, a series of other scandals, allegations and alleged crimes have also come to light

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster gives stoic testimony as dad smiles on at murder trial

During calm testimony, Buster appeared to water down – but not refute – some key points in the prosecution’s case, including the police interview where his father appeared to unwittingly confess to the murders

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

New car data places Alex Murdaugh at the spot where wife’s phone was dumped – before he sped away

Maggie’s cellphone was found by investigators one day after the murders, dumped by the side of a road around a quarter of a mile from the Murdaugh property

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Alex Murdaugh attorney mocked for ‘spicy’ cross-examination of agent over botched hitman plot

Dick Harpootlian resorted to shouting at SLED Senior Special Agent Ryan Kelly during a combative exchange in the disgraced legal scion’s murder trial

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023