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.
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
Documents obtained by Court TV indicate a rape kit was performed on Stephen Smith's dead body, but no results were made public. More
March 28, 2023
Court TV's Chanley Painter goes back to the spot where Smith's body was found in the middle of the street. She also went to where... More
March 27, 2023
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
Attorney Eric Bland said a second autopsy will be done on Stephen Smith's body once his remains are exhumed and transported to Florida. More
March 27, 2023
Now that the case is a homicide, an attorney for Stephen Smith's family and an investigative consultant talk about next steps and what we know... More
March 22, 2023
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 had blunt force trauma injury to his head when he died. His 2015 death has now been ruled a homicide. More
March 22, 2023
VIDEO: Sandy Smith, joined by her attorneys Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, talked about plans to exhume her son's body and conduct a private autopsy More
March 20, 2023
In a statement to Court TV, Buster Murdaugh said, 'These baseless rumors of my involvement with Stephen and his death are false.' More
March 20, 2023
The death of 19-year-old Smith was initially classified as a hit-and-run. SLED reopened the investigation and his body will be exhumed. More
March 17, 2023
Buster Murdaugh issued a statement to Court TV denying 'any involvement' in Stephen Smith's death. More
March 17, 2023
Stephen Smith was found dead in the middle of a Hampton County, SC road in 2015. SLED has reopened the investigation into his death. More
March 15, 2023
SLED reopens investigation into Stephen Smith's death. He was found dead in the middle of a road. There Are rumors Buster Murdaugh is connected. More
March 6, 2023
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, the once-prominent and now disbarred attorney, faces a breathtaking multitude of charges in addition to double murder. More
February 3, 2023
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... 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... More
July 14, 2022
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Information gathered by agents investigating the death of a mother and son from a prominent More
June 23, 2021
