Lawsuits: Murdaugh used attorney friend to manipulate
The recent revelations surrounding Murdaugh involved two lawsuits that said he tried to manipulate the legal system. More
September 27, 2021
Alex Murdaugh
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
Lawyer Murdaugh exits jail after $10M insurance fraud arrest
Lawyer Alex Murdaugh exits South Carolina jail after $10M insurance fraud arrest bond hearing More
September 16, 2021
Murdaugh surrenders to face charges in $10M insurance fraud
Lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday to face insurance fraud and other charges after state police said he arranged to have himself shot in the head so that his son would get a $10 million life insurance payout. More
September 16, 2021
Police: Lawyer Murdaugh arranged own death but shot grazed
Alex Murdaugh wanted Curtis Smith to kill him so his surviving son would get his $10 million life insurance policy, state agents said. More
September 15, 2021
Lawyer whose son and wife killed has law license suspended
The South Carolina Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday. More
September 8, 2021
Law firm: Attorney whose wife, son were killed took money
Alex Murdaugh found the bodies of his wife and son after family members said he had been away checking on his mother and ailing father. More
September 7, 2021
Police defend withholding details in South Carolina killings
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — State police told a judge that they don’t want to release more information about the slayings of two members of a prominent South Carolina legal family and, after more than a month of investigation, said they still don’t know what evidence might be important to solve the case. The State Law […] More
July 15, 2021
Hit-and-run death reopened in mother and son shooting deaths
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Information gathered by agents investigating the death of a mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family has led state police to review a nearby unsolved hit-and-run death from six years ago. What that information is and why it might be connected to the […] More
June 23, 2021
New reports shed little new light on South Carolina killings
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State police released a number of additional reports Monday on the shooting deaths of a mother and her son from a prominent South Carolina legal family, but they contained little new information and a number of passages blacked out. Paul Murdaugh, 22, and his mother, Maggie, […] More
June 21, 2021
Newspaper sues SC police over records in mother, son deaths
ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of South Carolina’s prominent legal families, arguing that authorities violated public records law by refusing to release 911 calls and police reports. The Post and Courier in Charleston reported that it filed the […] More
June 18, 2021
South Carolina police release timeline of mother, son deaths
ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — State police have released a brief timeline of events as part of their investigation into the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of South Carolina’s prominent legal families. On Tuesday, the State Law Enforcement Division released an update into their probe of the deaths of Paul Murdaugh and […] More
June 16, 2021
Prosecutor dies just days after 2 relatives are found dead
ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — A longtime prosecutor in South Carolina has died just days after his grandson and daughter-in-law were found dead on the family’s land in Colleton County in a shooting investigators have said little about. The announcement of Randolph Murdaugh III’s death came from his law firm Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick […] More
June 11, 2021
Mother, son from prominent SC legal family found shot dead
ISLANDTON, S.C. (AP) — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were found shot and killed on their family’s land, and authorities said they have made no arrests in the double homicide case. Deputies in Colleton County found the two dead from gunshots on property near Islandton around 10 p.m. Monday, […] More
June 9, 2021