Corruption, money and unsolved deaths form a gothic backdrop to charges that Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son
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The trial, being heard in the courthouse in the town of Walterboro, is no more than 10 miles from the dog kennel at the family’s 1,700-acre hunting property near Islandton – known locally as Moselle – where 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh and her son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh, were found on 7 June 2021, after Murdaugh made an emergency call saying he had found them slain.
Murdaugh had initially claimed he was shot by an unknown assailant while changing a flat tire. Two days later, he entered a rehabilitation facility in Georgia. In a statement, he said he had been having “an incredibly difficult time”. He later turned himself in on insurance fraud, conspiracy and false statement to police charges.
At the same time, the family ran Colleton county’s largest law firm that profited from lawsuits against CSX, a $66bn railroad and freight company whose tracks run through the county.“They were powerful. They own the country. If you went to court, you won. Didn’t matter what it was. Don’t think Alex, his father Buster, or his grandfather ever lost a case.
At issue is a T-shirt worn by Murdaugh on the night his wife and son were murdered. Prosecutors claim that at least some of the blood is high-velocity impact spatter from one or both of the victims. But Murdaugh’s defense says any blood on the shirt was transferred there when he “frantically checked them for signs of life”.
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