The case of Alex Murdaugh, the lawyer who killed his wife and son

On this occasion, we want to tell you this story that is shocking the United States: The case of Alex Murdaugh, the millionaire lawyer who killed his wife and son in South Carolina.

The case of Alex Murdaugh

As only a South Carolina jury found him guilty, the case of Alex Murdaugh has begun to interest many people both in the United States and in our country, so here we want to tell you about the crime he committed and why it has shocked many people.

What did Alex Murdaugh do? According to information from BBC, this 54-year-old lawyer, who practiced personal injury caseswas heir to a legal dynasty that ruled the Lowcountry region of South Carolina for more than 100 years.

However, he began to attract more attention when on June 7, 2021, he informed the authorities that he had found his 52-year-old wife Maggie and 22-year-old son Paul dead on their farmnext to some kennels.

Everything seemed to be going well for him, since in more than a year no arrests had been made for this fact… until was indicted in July 2022 on two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon while committing a violent crime.

What did he say about the accusations against him?

Murdaugh said several times that he had not been involved in the deaths of his wife and sonbut the South Carolina prosecutors didn’t agree so much with him, because they assured that he had shot them at point blank range with a rifle and a shotgun.

In less than three hours, a local jury concluded that in this case Alex Murdaugh was guilty of both counts of murderso you will now face a sentence of 30 years to life imprisonment no possibility of parole; the death penalty was not an option for prosecutors.

He’s Not Just Facing Murder Charges

In addition to the murder case, Alex Murdaugh faces financial charges, including allegations that embezzled millions of dollars from the law firm his family founded and in which he was a partner.

Photo: Andrew J. Whitaker/USA TODAY NETWORK/via REUTERS // The case of Alex Murdaugh.

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In fact, prosecutors claimed that he he had murdered his wife and child to “distract himself from his misdeeds” and gain sympathy.

To find him guilty South Carolina authorities called more than 60 witnesses over four weeks to find out how the lawyer killed his wife and son and to expose the inconsistencies in his statements.

How did they find out that he had murdered his wife and son?

Although investigators never found a weapon Alex Murdaugh may have used, prosecutors upheld their allegation. using circumstantial evidence including cell phone data and gunshot residue.

“After a thorough investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, the means, the opportunity to commit these crimes and also whose culpable conduct after these crimes betrays him“stated lead prosecutor Creighton Waters.

The most important evidence was a video taken by his son Paul in the kennel minutes before he died in which Murdaugh can be heard in the backgroundwhich contradicted what was said by the lawyer, who tried to defend himself by pointing out that I had not been in this place that night.

Meanwhile, Alex’s attorneys told the jury that their client was a loving husband and father and that he had just been the victim of sloppy work by the South Carolina police. They even used the testimony of Buster, Murdaugh’s surviving son, who said his dad was “destroyed” and “heartbroken” after the murders.

They further argued that it was not possible that the lawyer had time to kill his wife and son and get rid of the evidence and drive to the place where he claimed he was at the time of the crimes. just like that With no eyewitnesses, hard evidence, and no blood found on his clothing, the Alex Murdaugh case was just a theory..

Murdaugh took the stand and defended himself

It was the turn of Alex Murdaugh, who testified to defend himself and accepted that he had been in the kennel the night his wife and son died. In fact, he still accepted that he lied several times to the investigators, but because he said that had an addiction to prescription painkillers that made them “paranoid”.

And it was not all, because he also admitted that he had stolen from clients and people he “loved” in order to support his opioid abuse. Of course, he assured that none of this meant that he had murdered his wife and son: “I would never intentionally do anything to hurt any of them”he declared crying.

Photo: Grace Beahm Alford/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS // The case of Alex Murdaugh.

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More cases surround Alex Murdaugh and his family

Despite all this, the South Carolina authorities found him guilty and the Alex Murdaugh case only served to uncover a drain from which they came out. other strange facts involving the millionaire lawyer.

Like in 2018, the family’s housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, died after an alleged accident at her home and whereupon Murdaugh asked his sons to file a wrongful death lawsuit. Murdaugh’s insurance company paid $4.3 million, but the Satterfields received nothing and Alex later accepted that he had kept everything.

While in 2019, Paul, the son he killed, crashed a boat while drunk, killing one of its passengers, Mallory Beach. For this, he was charged and was out on bail at the time of his death. His father later implied that he had received death threats since this accident.

Three months after the murders, in September 2021, Murdaugh was also injured in a shooting… But, later the authorities discovered that it had been an attempt concocted by Alex with the help of a distant cousin, so that Buster could collect on a life insurance policy.

What a family, what a family!

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