The once-powerful, now disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife Maggie, 52, and their son Paul, 22. Watch the full trial on CourtTV.com
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Months after accusing disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh of killing his wife and son, South Carolina investigators and prosecutors have released few details about the evidence that they believe connect him to the shootings That’s led Murdaugh’s lawyers to file a flurry of court documents requesting information […] More
October 24, 2022
A South Carolina judge sided with prosecutors who asked him to put strict controls on how Alex Murdaugh's defense can review evidence before the disgraced lawyer's murder trial in the deaths of his wife and son. More
August 29, 2022
defense lawyers said the secrecy rules as Alex Murdaugh awaits a murder trial in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son are hypocritical because prosecutors are leaking evidence to media outlets, including a video the leaker said was taken not long before the killings. More
August 23, 2022
Prosecutors say disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who's charged with killing his wife and son, stole nearly $420,000 from his law firm. Murdaugh faces nine additional charges — four counts of obtaining property under false pretenses, three counts of money laundering and two counts of computer crimes — in indictments. More
August 19, 2022
Attorneys for disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh say prosecutors are taking too long to share their evidence alleging the disbarred attorney killed his wife and son, unfairly making it tougher to defend him at his upcoming trial. More
August 17, 2022
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — The disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife and son. More
July 20, 2022
The mysterious shooting deaths of a prominent South Carolina lawyer's wife and son have spun investigations revealing charges of money laundering, a narcotics ring, a staged attempt on his life and millions of dollars in stolen money. On Thursday, Alex Murdaugh was charged with murder, the latest in a steep fall that has spanned the past 13 months. More
July 14, 2022
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has been charged with murder in connection with the mysterious 2021 deaths of his wife and son. The charges were announced Thursday. Murdaugh’s 52-year-old wife Maggie and 22-year-old son Paul were shot to death outside their home on June 7, 2021. Murdaugh is already jailed and facing dozens of other criminal charges. Until now, the most recent charges came in a June indictment involving an eight-year money laundering and painkiller ring. Earlier charges included accusations that he lied to police, that he tried to arrange his own death and that he stole money from clients. More
July 14, 2022
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The downfall of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh can be traced through people whose lives crossed his. There was his wife, found dead along with their youngest son in June 2021. That led to a half-dozen investigations into his finances. There is the 19-year-old woman killed in a boating crash. More
July 14, 2022
A lawyer for disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh said investigators have indicated they intend to pursue murder charges against him for the deaths of his wife and son. More
July 12, 2022
Prosecutors say Alex Murdaugh's crimes include a money laundering and painkiller ring. More
June 29, 2022
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court wants to revoke the law license of attorney Alex Murdaugh. More
June 17, 2022
Russell Laffitte now faces 21 charges of fraud, conspiracy and computer crimes, state police announced Wednesday. More
May 5, 2022
An indictment made public Wednesday accuses Cory Fleming of working with Murdaugh to defraud the sons of Gloria Satterfield. More
March 16, 2022
The 23 new charges issued by the state grand jury covered new victims, but similar schemes, prosecutors said. More
January 21, 2022
A judge refused to lower the $7 million bail for prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is charged with stealing millions of dollars from vulnerable clients. More
January 18, 2022
The 53-year-old heir to a legal empire in Hampton County, South Carolina, has been jailed since his arrest in October on a growing number of charges for mostly financial crimes. More
January 10, 2022
Alex Murdaugh blamed some problems on a 20-year opiate addiction before judge set bond at $7 million - must go on house arrest with electronic monitoring and counseling and drug testing. More
December 13, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were gunned down six months ago in unsolved killings was indicted Thursday on 21 more charges that he stole settlement and other money from clients. More
December 9, 2021
More than six months after the wife and son of a prominent South Carolina lawyer were gunned down at the family's estate, their killings remain unsolved. More
December 9, 2021
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was indicted Friday on 27 additional charges, with prosecutors saying he stole nearly $5 million in settlement money he had obtained for his dead housekeeper, an injured state trooper and other people and fees meant for his law firm. There are […] More
November 19, 2021
Alex Murdaugh - South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were found shot to death at home where housekeeper died - to remain in jail many months now that judge again denied bond. More
November 10, 2021
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A prominent South Carolina lawyer whose wife and son were killed five months ago and has since found himself part of a half-dozen state investigations and a number of lawsuits had his assets frozen Tuesday by a judge worried he and his son might be scheming […] More
November 2, 2021
S.C. lawyer involved in state police investigations has been cagey about assets and should hand over control of his money to independent representatives so he does not engage in fraud. More
October 29, 2021
The SLED made public the emergency calls from the aftermath of the Sept. 4 shooting in which a bullet grazed Alex Murdaugh's head. More
October 25, 2021
A judge in South Carolina denied bond Tuesday for attorney Alex Murdaugh on the second set of charges he has faced since finding his wife and son dead last June. More
October 19, 2021
Attorney for South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh who discovered wife and son dead said Murdaugh is resigned that he will serve time in prison for stealing millions of dollars. More
October 15, 2021
A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements meant for the sons of his late housekeeper, state police said Thursday. More
October 14, 2021
South Carolina Supreme Court temporarily suspended law license of Cory Fleming -- college friend of Alex Murdaugh who's been sued over his work on disputed estate of Murdaugh's housekeeper. More
October 8, 2021
For the past century, the Murdaughs have steered much of the legal world in this remote corner of South Carolina. More
September 28, 2021
