Buster Murdaugh reaches settlement in lawsuit against Warner Bros.
A federal lawsuit Buster Murdaugh filed against Warner Bros. and other producers of a documentary has been settled. More
February 12, 2026
Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith was 19 when he was found dead on a rural road in South Carolina on July 8, 2015. In 2023, his death was reclassified as a homicide.
Buster Murdaugh’s lawsuit against Netflix, others to be tried in Hampton County
A judge has ordered several media outlets must stand trial in Buster Murdaugh's lawsuit, and the cases will be split between state and federal court. More
February 24, 2025
Buster Murdaugh sues Netflix, Warner Bros over Stephen Smith allegations
Buster Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit accusing several companies of defamation for documentaries linking him to Stephen Smith's death. More
June 18, 2024
Questions surround presence of Murdaughs at Stephen Smith’s death scene
Randy Murdaugh has denied being at the scene when Stephen Smith's body was moved, though Smith's mother says she saw him there. More
June 21, 2023
Grand jury impaneled in Stephen Smith death investigation
Months after Stephen Smith's body was exhumed for a second autopsy, an attorney for his family says a grand jury has been empaneled. More
June 20, 2023
Subpoenas, warrants issued as part of investigation into Stephen Smith’s death
The attorney representing Stephen Smith's mother said he believes a grand jury has been impaneled to investigate the case. More
May 26, 2023
Stephen Smith’s body exhumed for second autopsy
Stephen Smith's body has reportedly been exhumed as part of an independent autopsy and death investigation. More
April 3, 2023
Hit-and-run to homicide: A timeline of the Stephen Smith investigation
Investigators have spent eight years piecing together what happened to Stephen Smith, whose body was found on a South Carolina road in 2015. More
March 28, 2023
Stephen Smith report reveals rape kit, search for gunshot wound
Newly obtained documents reveal that detectives initially believed that Stephen Smith had been shot and that a rape kit was done. More
March 27, 2023
SLED considers Stephen Smith’s death a homicide
Investigators have reclassified Stephen Smith's death as homicide, eight years after initially calling it a hit-and-run. More
March 22, 2023
Stephen Smith’s mother wants body exhumed; SLED reopens investigation
Buster Murdaugh issued a statement to Court TV denying 'any involvement' in Stephen Smith's death. More
March 17, 2023
Netflix Murdaugh docuseries: New information and allegations
Five bodies in six years connected to one family. Netflix's docuseries "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal" doesn't waste time getting to the point. More
February 24, 2023
Alex Murdaugh’s crime saga timeline: Murder, fraud, death and betrayal
Alex Murdaugh, the once-prominent and now disbarred attorney, faces a breathtaking multitude of charges in addition to double murder. More
February 3, 2023
A timeline of events surrounding Alex Murdaugh’s charges
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
Personal connections show lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s downfall
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
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