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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.

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Good riddance to the work capability assessment, the cruellest social policy of modern times

Thousands of people have died after wrongly being found ‘fit for work’, but benefits campaigners aren’t celebrating yet, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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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’

The Independent UK

Stephen Smith’s mother flagged Buster Murdaugh as a potential suspect in his murder in 2016 letter to the FBI

In the letter, Sandy Smith said an individual had come forward to the family claiming to have witnessed Stephen being beaten to death with a baseball bat

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s attorney slams leak of jailhouse phone call

Colleton County Sheriff’s Office said the call was released due to ‘human error’ after a podcast filed a FOIA request for Murdaugh’s jailhouse calls

The Independent UK

‘This has gone on far too long.’ Buster Murdaugh speaks out on Stephen Smith’s death

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Buster Murdaugh on Monday publicly denied being involved in the death of a teenager hours before Stephen Smith’s mother and her attorneys held a news conference.

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Alex Murdaugh’s son Buster breaks silence about ‘vicious rumours’ around Stephen Smith’s death

Stephen Smith was found dead in the middle of a road in Hampton County in 2015 and his family now plans to exhume his body for an independent autopsy

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

Dead in a road, inconsistent injuries and Murdaugh family murmurs: What happened to Stephen Smith?

Stephen Smith’s mother has always maintained that her son was murdered yet, for almost eight years, his death was dismissed as a hit-and-run. Now, South Carolina investigators have officially announced that she was right all along. So will she finally get answers? Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

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.

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Body of teenager found dead near Murdaugh property to be exhumed

Death of Stephen Smith, 19, was ruled a hit-and-run but case was reopened after Murdaugh’s conviction of murder of wife and son

The Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

Maggie Murdaugh’s friends break silence for first time after husband Alex was convicted of murder

‘You know, she’s not ‘the wife that was murdered.’ I mean, we don’t want her to be remembered that way,’ her friends say

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Body of man mysteriously found dead near family killer Alex Murdaugh's home to be exhumed

Stephen Smith, 19, from South Carolina, US, was found dead just a few miles away from Alex Murdaugh's home in July 2015. It was initially determined by police as a hit-and-run case

The Independent UK

Maggie Murdaugh’s friends break silence for first time after husband Alex was convicted of murder

‘You know, she’s not ‘the wife that was murdered.’ I mean, we don’t want her to be remembered that way,’ her friends say

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice in financial crimes seeks new trial based on killer’s testimony in murder case

During his murder trial, Alex Murdaugh testified that Russell Laffitte was not involved in his multi-million-dollar fraud schemes

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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.

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The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh conviction casts spotlight on mystery 2015 death of Buster’s classmate Stephen Smith

Maggie and Paul’s murders led SLED to reopen an investigation into the death of the 19-year-old

The Guardian - UK

Labour is still too timid. Starmer needs to get radical

Letters: In office, Labour will do far more for social justice and cohesion than the Tories, writes Richard Watson, but Stephen Smith and Pete Callaghan fear the party is shying away from bold policies

The Independent UK

BTK killer’s daughter defends Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster

Buster Murdaugh stood by his father during his trial and took the stand in his defence

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh associate Russell Laffitte is denied new trial over financial fraud charges

Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, was convicted in November of financial fraud charges in connection to Murdaugh’s alleged white collar fraud schemes

The Independent UK

What’s next for Alex Murdaugh after guilty trial verdict and life prison sentence?

Whatever the verdict had been in the murder case, Murdaugh was never walking out of court a free man

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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

What’s next for Alex Murdaugh after guilty trial verdict and life prison sentence?

Whatever the verdict had been in the murder case, Murdaugh was never walking out of court a free man

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